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Translingual
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)
- store, hide
Derived characters
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
Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 蔵 – see 藏 (“to hide; to conceal; to hide; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 藏). |
Japanese
Glyph origin
Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 藏 (戕 → 戊).
Kanji
蔵
(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 藏)
- storehouse, warehouse, cellar, magazine, granary, etc. (a building or interior space whose primary function is storage)
- stock, supply, reserve, store (the amount of something so stored)
- to store; to put away; to stock up (on)
- to hide, to conceal
Readings
Pronunciation
Noun
蔵 • (kura)
- warehouse, storehouse
References