Chinese Character Wiki
庫

kù

armory

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 車 represents the sound.

Components
广 meaning component

广  Meaning component

yǎn, guǎng

  

roof

車 sound component

車  Sound component

chē, jū

  

vehicle

Evolution

庫 Bronze script Early Warring States (~400 BC)

Bronze script

Early Warring States (~400 BC)
庫 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
庫 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
庫 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

库 (庫) 

kù

armory, treasury, storehouse; warehouse; storehouse; (file) library

Most common words with 庫
Freq.
Word
Meaning

库

warehouse

仓库

depot

数据库

database

库存

stock

车库

garage

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

褲

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k]ʰˤa-s

khuH

kù

arsenal; storehouse


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 27.8712% of movies

1022nd most common character in movies

1097th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Simplified

库

Unicode

U+5EAB

Shuowen

“庫，兵車藏也。从車，在广下。”


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