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cāng

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cāng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cāng | cang1
English translation
granary, barn; cabin, berth

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About cāng

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

cāng

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

A granary with a roof  rén , door , and foundation  kǒu

Etymology of cāng

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

rén 户口 hù kǒu

Explanation

Simplified form of cāng . Depicts things being stored together () behind a door ().

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Words with cāng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
cāng barn cāng
仓库 cāngkù depot倉庫
谷仓 gǔ cāng barn穀倉
仓促 cāngcù hurriedly倉促
仓储 cāng chǔ to store in a warehouse倉儲
清仓 qīng cāng to clear out one's stock清倉
仓鼠 cāng shǔ hamster倉鼠
粮仓 liáng cāng granary糧倉
仓皇 cāng huáng in a panic倉皇
太仓 Tài cāng Taicang county level city in Suzhou 蘇州|苏州 Sū zhōu [Sū​zhōu], Jiangsu太倉
仓惶 cāng huáng in a panic倉惶
暗渡陈仓 àn dù Chén cāng fig. to feign one thing while doing another暗渡陳倉
货仓 huò cāng warehouse貨倉
仓颉 Cāng Jié Cangjie input method (computing)倉頡
仓山区 Cāng shān qū Cangshan district of Fuzhou city 福州市 Fú zhōu shì [Fú​zhōu​shì], Fujian倉山區
太仓市 Tài cāng shì Taicang county level city in Suzhou 蘇州|苏州 Sū zhōu [Sū​zhōu], Jiangsu太倉市
仓廪 cāng lǐn (literary) granary倉廩
仓猝 cāng cù hurriedly倉猝

cāng Decomposition & Compounds

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