Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "仓", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "仓", and master the standard way of writing the character "仓".
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 仓
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "仓" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
barn / granary / storehouse / cabin / hold (in ship)
仓
cāng
1. 收藏谷物的建筑物:
Granary; building for storing grains.
Examples: 米仓 (rice granary), 粮仓 (grain storage), 仓储 (warehousing), 仓房 (storeroom).
2. 匆忙:
Sudden; hurriedly.
Also written as "仓猝".
3. 姓:
A surname.
4. 【本义】:粮仓
Original meaning: granary.
造字法: 象形。甲骨文字形,上象盖儿,中间象一扇门,下面是进出的口儿,合起来表示仓库这个概念。
Character formation: Pictographic. The oracle bone script shows a cover on top, a door in the middle, and an opening below, collectively indicating the concept of a warehouse.
5. 同本义 ([En.] granary; barn)
6. 泛指储藏物资的建筑物 ([En.] warehouse; storehouse).
Examples: 盐仓 (salt warehouse), 货仓 (cargo warehouse), 添仓 (increase storage), 填仓 (fill stores), 义仓 (compassionate store), 仓府 (place for storing money and grain).
7. 匆忙急迫 ([En.] all of a sudden; hurriedly)
Examples: 仓卒 (sudden), 仓皇 (flustered), 仓遽 (hasty), 仓迫 (urgent).
8. 姓
Surname.
lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu) / fig. to feign one thing while doing another / to cheat under cover of a diversion