蔵 – storehouse, hide, own

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The kanji 蔵 means storehouse, hide, own, have, possess. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ゾウ、ソウ (zou, sou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is くら、おさ.める、かく.れる (kura, osameru, kakureru). It is written with 15 strokes, under radical 艸 (no. 140).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ゾウ	zou
On’yomi	ソウ	sou
Kun’yomi	くら	kura
Kun’yomi	おさ.める	osameru
Kun’yomi	かく.れる	kakureru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 艸 (Kangxi radical 140). Components: ノ・臣・戈・艾・厂.

Words using 蔵

冷蔵庫れいぞうこrefrigerator貯蔵ちょぞうstorage蔵くらwarehouse内蔵ないぞうinternal (e.g. mechanism, feature)蔵相ぞうしょうMinister of Finance埋蔵まいぞうburying in the ground冷蔵れいぞうcold storage

Example sentences

うちの冷蔵庫は故障している。

Our refrigerator is out of order.

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彼らは埋蔵された宝物を求めて砂漠を探検した。

They explored the desert in quest of buried treasure.

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Kanji with the same radical

葉落英若花苦薬芸葬著草薄芝薦華荒

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