蒼
cāngCāng

blue

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 倉 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

倉
倉 Sound component
cāng granary

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttshang[tsʰ]ˤaŋdeep blue or green
Zhengzhangsʰaːŋ
sʰaːŋʔ
Unicodetsɑng

說文解字

艸色也。从艸倉聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

苍 cāng blue Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 仓 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蒼.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

仓
仓 Sound component
cāng granary

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode