蔵 (cáng): old variant of 藏 (to hide; to c…

Meanings

1 old variant of 藏 (to hide; to conceal)

Characters

蔵

cáng

to hide (variant of 藏)

Examples

蔵是藏的古字，指隐藏。

Cáng shì cáng de gǔzì, zhǐ yǐncáng.

蔵 is an old variant of 藏, meaning to hide away.

Tips

history

蔵 is not used in modern Chinese. It is an old variant written form of 藏 (to hide / store), differing only in the lower element; standard writing always uses 藏.

register

Archaic; appears only as an old variant glyph in dictionaries and old texts, never in current writing.

Components

radical

艹 cǎo

grass; plant

艹 is the grass radical on top, the same component as in 藏, originally suggesting hiding something away in vegetation.

phonetic

臧 zāng

good; a stored thing

臧 sits below and supplies the sound, just as in 藏; this variant differs from 藏 only in how the lower part is drawn.

No stroke data for 蔵; the glyph shown is your device font, so component strokes can't be highlighted.

Stroke Order

蔵 cáng

Related Words

藏 cáng HSK 6 #791

to conceal; to hide away / to harbor; to shelter / to store; to collect

古老 gǔlǎo HSK 5 #3,524

ancient / old / age-old

藏身 cángshēn HSK 7-9 #6,823

to hide / to take shelter / to take refuge

躲藏 duǒcáng HSK 7-9 #8,569

to hide / to conceal oneself / to go into hiding

陈 chén #3,754

Chen (surname) / to display / to lay out / old; stale

藏匿 cángnì HSK 7-9 #9,070

to conceal / to go into hiding / to harbor

躲避 duǒbì HSK 7-9 #4,656

to avoid / to dodge / to evade / to hide from

舱 cāng HSK 7-9 #4,553

cabin / compartment / hold (of a ship or aircraft)

古 gǔ HSK 3 #3,062

ancient / old / classical

伏 fú #5,661

to lie prostrate / to crouch / to hide in ambush / volt (unit)