蔵

See also: 藏

Translingual

Japanese	蔵
Simplified	藏
Traditional	藏

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 藏 (戕 → 戊).

Han character

蔵 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11 in Chinese, 艸+12 in Japanese, 14 strokes in Chinese, 15 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 廿戈竹尸 (TIHS) or 難廿戈竹尸 (XTIHS), composition ⿵茂臣)

1. store, hide

Derived characters

• 臓

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1056, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31885
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3277, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8535

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 蔵 – see 藏 (“to hide; to conceal; to hide; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 藏).

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Japanese

Shinjitai	蔵
Kyūjitai	藏

Kanji

蔵

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 藏)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぞう (zō, Jōyō)^{←ざう (zau, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kun: くら (kura, 蔵, Jōyō); かくれる (kakureru, 蔵れる); おさめる (osameru, 蔵める)^{←をさめる (wosameru, 蔵める, historical)}
• Nanori: さし (sashi)

Noun

1. warehouse, storehouse

Alternative forms

• 倉
• 庫