仓库
cāng​kù HSK6

warehouse

仓 cāng granary Simplified

Simplified form of 倉. Depicts grain gathered together (合) behind a door (戶).

Components

合
合 IconicSimplified component
hé to join
戶
戶 IconicSimplified component
hù, hu door

Component uses

Sound (3 of 14 verified)

创枪抢苍舱沧疮跄呛怆炝伧戗鸧

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

舱伧

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

库 kù armory Simplified

Simplified form of 庫. Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 車 represents the sound.

Components

广
广 Meaning component
guǎng roof
车
车 Sound component
chē cart, vehicle
Change in sound

Component uses

Sound (1)

裤

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

倉 cāng granary Traditional

Depicts grain gathered together (合) behind a door (戶).

Components

合
合 Iconic component
hé to join
戶
戶 Iconic component
hù, hu door

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (3 of 12 verified)

蒼蹌艙愴搶嗆創鶬滄瘡戧槍

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

艙傖

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttshang[s.r̥]ˤaŋ tshang-kaeng 'oriole'
tshangtsʰˤaŋ granary

說文解字

《說文》：“倉，穀藏也，倉黃取而藏之，故謂之倉。从食省，口象倉形。仺，奇字倉。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

庫 kù armory Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 車 represents the sound.

Components

广
广 Meaning component
guǎng roof
車
車 SoundMeaning component
chē cart, vehicle
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

褲

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhuH[k]ʰˤa-s arsenal; storehouse

說文解字

《說文》：“庫，兵車藏也。从車，在广下。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)