蔵

See also: 藏

蔵 U+8535, 蔵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8535 ← 蔴 [U+8534] CJK Unified Ideographs 蔶 → [U+8536]

Translingual

Japanese	蔵
Simplified	藏
Traditional	藏

Han character

蔵 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11 in Chinese, 艸+12 in Japanese, 14 strokes in Chinese, 15 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 廿戈竹尸 (TIHS) or 難廿戈竹尸 (XTIHS), composition ⿵茂臣)

1. store, hide

Derived characters

• 臓 𤂘 𤛻 𮁔 𨊙

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1056, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31885
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3277, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8535

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 蔵 – see 藏 (“to hide; to conceal; to hide; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 藏).

Japanese

Shinjitai	蔵
Kyūjitai	藏

Glyph origin

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 藏 (戕 → 戊).

Kanji

蔵

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 藏)

1. storehouse, warehouse, cellar, magazine, granary, etc. (a building or interior space whose primary function is storage)
2. stock, supply, reserve, store (the amount of something so stored)
3. to store; to put away; to stock up (on)
4. to hide, to conceal

Readings

• Go-on: ぞう (zō, Jōyō)^{←ざう (zau, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kun: くら (kura, 蔵, Jōyō); かくれる (kakureru, 蔵れる); おさめる (osameru, 蔵める)^{←をさめる (wosameru, 蔵める, historical)}
• Nanori: さし (sashi)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) くら​ [kùráꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɾa̠]

Noun

蔵(くら) • (kura) 

1. warehouse, storehouse

Alternative forms

• 倉
• 庫