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cāng

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cāng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cāng | cang1
English translation
dark blue; deep green; old, hoary

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About cāng

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

cāng

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

grass

Etymology of cāng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹倉

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

cāng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and cāng represents the sound. Simplified form of cāng .

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Words with cāng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
苍蝇 cāng ying housefly蒼蠅
苍白 cāngbái pale蒼白
Cāng dark blue cāng
上苍 shàng cāng heaven上蒼
苍天 cāng tiān firmament蒼天
苍老 cāng lǎo old蒼老
苍穹 cāng qióng the blue dome of heaven蒼穹
苍苍 cāng cāng ash gray蒼蒼
苍凉 cāng liáng desolate蒼涼
苍茫 cāng máng vast蒼茫
苍生 cāng shēng the common people蒼生
苍白无力 cāng bái wú lì pale and feeble蒼白無力
苍山 Cāng shān Cangshan county in Linyi 臨沂|临沂 Lín yí [Lín​yí], Shandong蒼山
苍南 Cāng nán Cangnan county in Wenzhou 溫州|温州 Wēn zhōu [Wēn​zhōu], Zhejiang蒼南
苍劲 cāng jìn bold蒼勁
苍鹰 cāng yīng (bird species of China) northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)蒼鷹
苍术 cāng zhú black atractylodes rhizome (dried rhizome of any of several atractylodes species) (TCM)蒼術
苍翠 cāng cuì verdant蒼翠
苍南县 Cāng nán xiàn Cangnan county in Wenzhou 溫州|温州 Wēn zhōu [Wēn​zhōu], Zhejiang蒼南縣
苍龙 Cāng lóng Blue Dragon, other name of the Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙 Qīng lóng (the seven mansions of the east sky)蒼龍
苍蝇拍 cāng ying pāi flyswatter蒼蠅拍
苍耳 cāng ěr Siberian cocklebur (botany)蒼耳
苍鹭 cāng lù (bird species of China) grey heron (Ardea cinerea)蒼鷺
苍梧 Cāng wú Cangwu county in Wuzhou 梧州 Wú zhōu [Wú​zhōu], Guangxi蒼梧
苍松翠柏 cāng sōng cuì bǎi evergreen pine and cypress (idiom); steadfast nobility蒼松翠柏

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