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滄 cāng

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滄 cāng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cāng | cang1
English translation
azure, cold, vast (all as of the sea)

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

滄 cāng

Contains the radical

氵 shuǐ

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

water

Etymology of 滄 cāng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰氵倉

Semantic compound

氵 shuǐ

Phonetic compound

倉 cāng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 shuǐ represents the meaning and 仓 cāng represents the sound. Simplified form of 滄 cāng .

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Words with 滄 cāng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
沧桑 cāng sāng great changes滄桑
沧 cāng cold滄 cāng
沧海桑田 cāng hǎi sāng tián fig. the transformations of the world滄海桑田
曾经沧海 céng jīng cāng hǎi lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom)曾經滄海
沧州 Cāng zhōu Cangzhou prefecture-level city in Hebei滄州
澜沧江 Lán cāng Jiāng Lancang River of Qinghai and Yunnan, the upper reaches of Mekong River 湄公河 Méi gōng Hé [Méi​gōng​Hé] of Southeast Asia瀾滄江
沧浪 Cāng làng Canglang district of Suzhou city 蘇州市|苏州市 Sū zhōu shì [Sū​zhōu​shì], Jiangsu滄浪
沧州市 Cāng zhōu Shì Cangzhou prefecture-level city in Hebei滄州市
李沧 Lǐ cāng Licang district of Qingdao city 青島市|青岛市 Qīng dǎo shì , Shandong李滄
临沧 Lín cāng Lincang prefecture-level city in Yunnan臨滄
李沧区 Lǐ cāng qū Licang district of Qingdao city 青島市|青岛市 Qīng dǎo shì , Shandong李滄區
沧海一粟 cāng hǎi yī sù a drop in the ocean (idiom)滄海一粟
饱经沧桑 bǎojīngcāngsāng having lived through many changes飽經滄桑
临沧市 Lín cāng shì Lincang prefecture-level city in Yunnan臨滄市
沧县 Cāng xiàn Cang county in Cangzhou 滄州|沧州 Cāng zhōu [Cāng​zhōu], Hebei滄縣
沧浪区 Cāng làng qū Canglang district of Suzhou city 蘇州市|苏州市 Sū zhōu shì [Sū​zhōu​shì], Jiangsu滄浪區
临沧地区 Lín cāng dì qū Lincang prefecture in Yunnan臨滄地區
澜沧县 Lán cāng xiàn Lancang Lahuzu autonomous county in Pu'er 普洱 Pǔ ěr [Pǔ​'ěr], Yunnan瀾滄縣
沧源县 Cāng yuán xiàn Cangyuan Va autonomous county in Lincang 臨滄|临沧 Lín cāng [Lín​cāng], Yunnan滄源縣
沧海遗珠 cāng hǎi yí zhū undiscovered talent (idiom)滄海遺珠
沧源佤族自治县 Cāng yuán Wǎ zú Zì zhì xiàn Cangyuan Va Autonomous County in Lincang 臨滄|临沧 Lín cāng [Lín​cāng], Yunnan滄源佤族自治縣
澜沧拉祜族自治县 Lán cāng Lā hù zú Zì zhì xiàn Lancang Lahuzu Autonomous County in Pu'er 普洱 Pǔ ěr [Pǔ​'ěr], Yunnan瀾滄拉祜族自治縣

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