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Kanji Detail for 蔵 - "to store, warehouse, treasury"

蔵

  • Meaning

    蔵 means "to store, warehouse, treasury."

    1. Store - To keep; to put away.

    2. Warehouse - A storehouse; a repository.

    3. Treasury - A place for valuables.

    4. Hide - To conceal; to keep secret.

  • Words using 蔵

    • 大蔵省 おおくらしょう Listen Ministry of Finance (1869-2001); Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryō system)
    • 蔵相 ぞうしょう Listen Minister of Finance
    • 大蔵 おおくら Listen Ministry of Finance
    • 冷蔵庫 れいぞうこ Listen refrigerator; fridge
    • 貯蔵 ちょぞう Listen storage; preservation; stocking
    • 内蔵 ないぞう Listen internal (e.g. mechanism, feature); built-in; equipped (with)
    • 埋蔵 まいぞう Listen burying in the ground; having underground deposits
    • 所蔵 しょぞう Listen (in one's) possession

  • Tattoo check: 蔵

    • Verified meaning: to store, warehouse, treasury
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read おさむ, かくぞう, くら, くらさき)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 蔵

    Given names 蔵(おさむ)Listen 蔵(かくぞう)Listen 蔵(つるぞう)Listen 蔵(ひでかず)Listen

    Surnames 蔵(くら)Listen 蔵(くらさき)Listen 蔵(くらとう)Listen 蔵(ぞう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    storehouse; hide; own; have; possess

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    hide, conceal; hoard, store up

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 藏

  • Onyomi

    tip

    soh(ソウ) ソウ

    zoh(ゾウ) ゾウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kaku.reru(かく-れる) かく-れる

    kura(くら) くら

    osa.meru(おさ-める) おさ-める

  • Strokes

    tip

    15 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

  • Related Keywords

    store warehouse treasury hide storehouse cache cellar conceal depot hoard inventory keep pantry repository stockpile storage

Sentences including 蔵

  • I read the most interesting book in my library.

  • I read a most interesting book in my library.

  • The library has many books.

  • I have twice as many books as he.

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