滄
cāng

blue

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

倉
倉 Sound component
cāng granary

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰaːŋ
sʰraŋs
Unicodetsɑng

說文解字

寒也。从水倉聲。

Sources

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

沧 cāng blue Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 仓 represents the sound. Simplified form of 滄.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

仓
仓 Sound component
cāng granary

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode