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Kanji Detail for 藏 - "store, hide"

藏

  • Meaning

    藏 means "store, hide." Also associated with treasury.

    1. Store - To keep; to preserve.

    2. Hide - To conceal; to keep secret.

    3. Treasury - A storehouse.

  • Tattoo check: 藏

    • Verified meaning: store, hide
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read おさむ, くら)
    • Also carries these associations: treasury

    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 藏

    Surnames 藏(おさむ)Listen 藏(くら)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    hide; own; have; possess

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    hide, conceal; hoard, store up

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Tibet; abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 西藏[Xi1 zang4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to conceal, to hide; to hoard, to store

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To hide. Meaning not letting people see. Such as saying 藏頭露尾 (hiding the head but showing the tail). Also one's conduct in public life is called 行藏. The Analects says "When employed then act, when set aside then hide." This is the meaning. | To store. Such as 收藏 (collect), 珍藏 (treasure). | A place for storing things is called 藏. Such as storehouses and treasuries. | Abbreviation for Tibet. Tibet is west of Qinghai. Borders India to the south.

  • Onyomi

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    soh(ソウ) ソウ

    zoh(ゾウ) ゾウ

  • Kunyomi

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    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

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    18 strokes

  • Radical

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    艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

  • Related Keywords

    store hide treasury tibet buddhist texts taoist texts warehouse repository archive cache collection conceal deposit guard hoard keep preserve secret stash stockpile vault

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