漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
蒼: blue, pale
JLPT N113 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
艹 carries the meaning · 倉 is drawn in
13 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ソウsou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 鬱蒼うっそうthick; dense; luxuriant
あおいaoi · kun'yomi · on its own
- 蒼あおblue; azure
- 蒼いあおいblue; azure
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Grass growing on top! Like a green crown upon the earth, this radical sits above kanji related to flowers, herbs, and vegetation.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
倉
Also built on godown (倉)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side蒼 blue · 艹
vs創 genesis · 刂In ChineseSimplified 苍 · traditional, as in Japanese · cāng
Japan keeps the traditional form 蒼; mainland China simplifies it to 苍.
- Simplified
- 苍 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 蒼 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin cāng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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