(cāng)

HSK 64 strokesTrad.

barn

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
cāng
Meaning
barn; granary; storehouse; cabin; hold (in ship)
Strokes
4
HSK level
HSK 6
Traditional

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱人㔾

Simplified form of 倉; grains 食 kept in storage 口

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

Traditional form : A granary with a roof 人, door 户, and foundation 口

How to write step by step

4 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

cāng
HSK 6

depot

Open 仓库 page →
cāngwèi

(logistics) storage location; place to store goods; (finance) position

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cāng

all of a sudden; hurriedly

Open 仓促 page →
cāngchǔ

to store in a warehouse

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cāngshān

see 仓山区

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Cangshan, a district of Fuzhou City 福州市[Fu2 zhou1 Shi4], Fujian

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to run off in a great panic (idiom)

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