Depicts grain gathered together (合) behind a door (戶).
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Historical Evolution
仓
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
仓
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
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Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
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Bronze
Warring States (475-221 BC)
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Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
仓 / 倉 [cāng]
barn; granary; storehouse; cabin; hold (in ship)
Japanese
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown; depository; treasury; elevator
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Japanese Names
倉 くら
Kura surname
倉 くらたか
Kurataka surname
CHINESE WORDS (45)
仓库 [cāngkù] #3,099
depot
谷仓 [gǔcāng] #8,985
barn
仓促 [cāngcù] #12,366
all of a sudden
仓储 [cāngchǔ] #32,262
to store in a warehouse
清仓 [qīngcāng] #26,250
to take an inventory of stock
仓鼠 [cāngshǔ] #17,856
hamster
粮仓 [liángcāng] #31,565
granary
仓皇 [cānghuáng] #40,938
in a panic
太仓 [Tàicāng] #33,083
Taicang county level city in Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[Sūzhōu], Jiangsu
仓惶 [cānghuáng] #42,121
variant of 倉皇|仓皇[cānghuáng]
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JAPANESE WORDS (79)
⭐ 倉庫 [そうこ] #3,610
storehouse
⭐ 蔵 [くら] #10,085
warehouse
⭐ 鎌倉 [かまくら] #15,712
Kamakura (city)
弾倉 [だんそう] #25,067
magazine (for a firearm)
胸ぐら [むなぐら] #28,588
collar
胸ぐらを掴む [むなぐらをつかむ] #32,335
to grab (someone) by the collar
⭐ 岩屋 [いわや] #33,426
cavern
穴蔵 [あなぐら] #38,051
cellar
鎌倉時代 [かまくらじだい] #44,348
Kamakura period (1185-1333)
酒蔵 [さかぐら] #45,773
sake brewery
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KOREAN WORDS (2)