蔵

Han character edit

蔵 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11 in Chinese, 艸+12 in Japanese, 14 strokes in Chinese, 15 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 廿戈竹尸 (TIHS) or 難廿戈竹尸 (XTIHS), composition ⿵茂臣)

1. store, hide

Derived characters edit

• 臓 𤂘 𤛻 𮁔 𨊙

References edit

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1056, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31885
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3277, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8535

Glyph origin edit

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 藏 (戕 → 戊).

Kanji edit

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 藏)

1. storehouse, warehouse, cellar, magazine, granary, etc. (a building or interior space whose primary function is storage)
2. stock, supply, reserve, store (the amount of something so stored)
3. to store; to put away; to stock up (on)
4. to hide, to conceal

Readings edit

• Go-on: ぞう (zō, Jōyō)^{←ざう (zau, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kun: くら (kura, 蔵, Jōyō); かくれる (kakureru, 蔵れる); おさめる (osameru, 蔵める)^{←をさめる (wosameru, 蔵める, historical)}
• Nanori: さし (sashi)

Pronunciation edit

• (Tokyo) くら​ [kùráꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɾa̠]

Noun edit

蔵(くら) • (kura) 

1. warehouse, storehouse

Alternative forms edit

• 倉
• 庫

References edit