武藏

Wǔzàng
proper noun #67,532

Meanings

  1. 1 Musashi, old province of Japan covering Tokyo, Saitama and part of Kanagawa
  2. 2 Miyamoto Musashi, the Japanese swordsman

Examples

HSK 6
Dōngjīng yídài yǐqián jiào Wǔzàng.
The Tokyo area used to be called Musashi.
HSK 6
Wǔzàng yìshēng juédòu liùshí duō cì, cónglái méiyou shū guo.
Musashi fought more than sixty duels in his life and never lost one.

Tips

usage
藏 is read zàng here, the "storehouse" reading of 宝藏, not cáng "to hide". Japanese reads the name Musashi. The swordsman in full is 宫本武藏.
culture
The province also gave its name to the plain of 武藏野 (Musashino) west of Tokyo and to the battleship 武藏号, sister ship of the 大和号 in the Second World War.

Stroke Order

武 wǔ
藏 cáng