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沧

cāng

azure, cold, vast (all as of the sea)

🔤 Pictophonetic: 氵 (water) provides meaning, 仓 provides pronunciation
HSK 6 7 strokes Uncommon (30%)
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氵
shuǐ
water
仓
cāng
granary, barn; cabin, berth
⿰氵仓 i

Stroke Order

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Component Tree i

shuǐ
氵
water
3 strokes
cāng
仓
granary, barn; cabin, berth
💡 Ideographic: Simplified form of 倉; grains 食 kept in storage 口
4 strokes HSK 6

Words Using 沧 (27)

bǎojīngcāngsāng
饱经沧桑 ↗
HSK 6
having lived through many changes
cāng
沧 ↗
blue-green or azure (of water) / vast (of water) / cold
Lǐcāng
李沧 ↗
Licang district of Qingdao city [[青島市|青岛市]], Shandong
lìjìncāngsāng
历尽沧桑 ↗
to have been through the hardships of life / to have been through the mill
Hǎicāng
海沧 ↗
Haicang district of Xiamen city [[廈門市|厦门市<Xiàménshì>]] (Amoy), Fujian
Hǎicāngqū
海沧区 ↗
Haicang district of Xiamen city [[廈門市|厦门市<Xiàménshì>]] (Amoy), Fujian
Cāngzhōu
沧州 ↗
Cangzhou prefecture level city in Hebei
Lǐcāngqū
李沧区 ↗
Licang district of Qingdao city [[青島市|青岛市]], Shandong
CāngzhōuShì
沧州市 ↗
Cangzhou prefecture level city in Hebei
céngjīngcānghǎinánwéishuǐ,chúquèWūShānbùshìyún
曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云 ↗
there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom) / one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things
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