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蔵

蔵 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. おさめる。
  2. かくす。
  3. 納める建物、くら。
  4. 造語成分

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「藏」の略体。藏#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

storehouse, hide, own, have, possess

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ゾウElem.
  • ソウ
Kun (native)
  • くらJHS
  • おさ(める)
  • かく(れる)
Nanori (used in names)
  • くらし
  • くらん
  • くろう
  • さし
  • ざ
  • ろう
Other languages
  • 拼音cang2
  • 拼音zang4
  • 한글jang
  • Hán-ViệtTàng
  • Hán-ViệtTạng

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
艸(くさ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+8535

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹𮍏

Words using this kanji

  • 蔵相ぞうしょう日本の大蔵大臣（現在の財務大臣にあたる）のこと。 各国において、国家財政を司る官庁の長のこと。現在では、財務大臣/財務長官と訳すことが多いが、慣例的に用いることがある。Minister of Finance
  • 蔵くらwarehouse, storehouse, cellar, magazine
  • 蔵書ぞうしょ書物を所蔵すること。また、その書物。collection of books, (personal) library
  • 蔵元くらもとbrewery (sake, soy), brewer, warehouse overseer
  • 蔵本ぞうほんone's library
  • 蔵ぞうpossession, ownership, Tibet, Tibetan people
  • 蔵匿ぞうとく他人に見つからないように隠して置くこと。隠匿。 犯人などをかくまうこと。concealment, shelter, harboring, harbouring
  • 蔵人くろうどkeeper of imperial archives, worker skilled in the brewing of sake or soy sauce
  • 蔵米くらまいstored rice
  • 蔵版ぞうはん版木や型紙を所蔵していること。また、それにより出版されたもの。copyright
  • 蔵面ぞうめんrectangular bugaku mask made of thick paper and white silk with facial features drawn on it
  • 蔵品ぞうひんitem (in one's possession)
  • 蔵置ぞうち倉庫などに物を入れおくこと。storage (esp. in a warehouse), depositing
  • 蔵造りくらづくりwarehouse style, building a kura storehouse, someone who builds kura storehouses
  • 蔵出しくらだしreleasing stored goods (esp. sake), delivery (of goods from a storehouse)
  • 蔵入れくらいれwarehousing, storing in a warehouse
  • 蔵払いくらばらいclearance sale, warehouse sale
  • 蔵屋敷くらやしきdaimyo's city storehouse
  • 蔵書家ぞうしょかbook collector
  • 蔵書票ぞうしょひょうbookplate, ex libris

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-12
Four Corner
4425.3
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3k12.17
Heisig
913
Nelson
4042