storehouse, hide, own, have
Also: possess
On'yomi (音読み)
- ゾウ
- ソウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- くら
- おさ.める
- かく.れる
About this kanji
The kanji 蔵, pronounced as "くら" in its kun'yomi form and "ぞう" or "そう" in on'yomi, primarily means "storehouse" or "to possess." It is commonly used as a noun but can also function as a verb in some contexts. For instance, 蔵相 (ぞうしょう) refers to the Minister of Finance, while 大蔵 (おおくら) signifies a larger storage, often used to denote the Ministry of Finance. Another common compound is 冷蔵庫 (れいぞうこ), meaning "refrigerator" where food is stored. A useful note is that many compounds utilizing 蔵 relate to the concept of storage or possession, reflecting its core meaning.
Example sentences
彼は古い蔵から宝物を見つけた。
He found treasures in the old storehouse.
Meanings across languages
- English
- storehouse, hide, own, have, possess
- Tiếng Việt
- kho, sở hữu
- 日本語
- 蔵, 隠す
- 한국어
- 저장소, 소유하다
- 中文
- 仓库, 拥有
- id
- gudang
- th
- คลัง
- es
- almacén
- fr
- entrepôt
- de
- Lager
- pt
- armazém
Common compounds
- 蔵相ぞうしょうMinister of Finance
- 大蔵おおくらMinistry of Finance
- 大蔵省おおくらしょうMinistry of Finance (1869-2001), Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryō system)
- 冷蔵庫れいぞうこrefrigerator, fridge
- 蔵書ぞうしょcollection of books, (personal) library
- 地蔵じぞうKshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld), Ksitigarbha, Jizō
- 貯蔵ちょぞうstorage, preservation, stocking
- 内蔵ないぞうinternal (e.g. disk), built-in, equipped (with)
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