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藏

cáng, zàng

hide

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 臧 represents the sound.

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

臧 sound component

臧  Sound component

zāng

  

good

Evolution

藏 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
藏 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
藏 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
藏 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

藏  

cáng

hide, conceal; hoard, store up; to conceal; to hide away; to harbor; to store; to collect

藏  

Zàng

Tibet; Xizang 西藏

藏  

zàng

storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture

Most common words with 藏
Freq.
Word
Meaning

藏

to conceal

收藏

to hoard

隐藏

to hide

西藏

Tibet

宝藏

hidden treasure

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

臟

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m-tsʰˤaŋ

dzang

cáng

store (v.)

*m-tsʰˤaŋ-s

dzangH

zàng

store, repository (n.)


Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 51.9462% of movies

761st most common character in movies

907th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

17

Unicode

U+85CF

Shuowen

《說文新附》：“藏，匿也。”


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