藏 (cáng): meaning and stroke order
藏 (cáng) means to conceal, to hide away, to harbor, to store, to collect, Tibet.
藏
- Simplified
- 藏
- Traditional
- 藏 (same form)
- Pinyin
- cáng · Zàng
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Stroke order of 藏
藏
- Zàng Tibet; abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 西藏[Xi1 zang4]
- cáng to conceal; to hide away
- zàng storehouse; depository
- 17 strokes
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Meaning of 藏
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cáng
- to conceal
- to hide away
- to harbor
- to store
- to collect
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Zàng
- Tibet
- abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 西藏[Xi1 zang4]
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zàng
- storehouse
- depository
- Buddhist or Taoist scripture
Radical and structure
- 藏
- Radical 艸 (Kangxi radical 140) · 18 strokes · 艹 on top, 臧 below
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 藏
- 躲藏 duǒ cáng to conceal oneself; to go into hiding
藏 in our stories
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“这是我太爷爷留下的,”老太太说,“家里人都说,里面藏着一个秘密,可谁也没找到。”
zhè shì wǒ tàiyéye liúxià de lǎo tàitai shuō jiāli rén dōu shuō lǐmiàn cáng zhe yí gè mìmì kě shéi yě méi zhǎodào
"My great-grandfather left this," she said. "The family always said there was a secret hidden in it, but nobody ever found it."
From the story Words written in rice water HSK 7–9 · Level 7
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柳树的树洞里藏着一片衣襟,上面写着血字:“割肉奉君尽丹心,但愿主公常清明。”
liǔshù de shùdòng lǐ cáng zhe yí piàn yījīn shàngmiàn xiě zhe xuèzì gē ròu fèng jūn jìn dānxīn dànyuàn zhǔgōng cháng qīngmíng
In a hollow of the willow was a strip of his robe, written in blood: "I cut my flesh to serve my lord with a loyal heart; I only wish my lord to stay ever clear and just."
From the story Cold Food Day and Qingming HSK 7–9 · Level 7
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出关的时候,士兵搜遍了她的行李,却不敢碰公主的帽子。蚕种就藏在帽子里。
chūguān de shíhou shìbīng sōu biàn le tā de xíngli què bù gǎn pèng gōngzhǔ de màozi cánzhǒng jiù cáng zài màozi lǐ
At the frontier the soldiers searched all her luggage, but they didn't dare touch the princess's hat. The silkworm eggs were hidden inside it.
From the story Leizu and the silkworm HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Stories using 藏
- Words written in rice water HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Cold Food Day and Qingming HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Leizu and the silkworm HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- Mending the bowl HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).