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藏
zàng
1. storehouse
2. depository
3. Buddhist or Taoist scripture
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 18 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

藏
cáng
to conceal, to hide; to hoard, to store
HSK 5 17 丶

Compound Words (20)

青藏
QīngZàng
Qinghai and Tibet
藏雀
Zàngquè
(Chinese bird species) Tibetan rosefinch (Carpodacus roborowskii)
藏鹀
Zàngwú
(Chinese bird species) Tibetan bunting (Emberiza koslowi)
西藏
Xīzàng
Tibet
道藏
dàozàng
Daoist scripture
藏语
Zàngyǔ
Tibetan language
藏獒
Zàngáo
Tibetan mastiff
藏羚
Zànglíng
Tibetan antelope
藏青
zàngqīng
see [[藏青色<zàngqīngsè>]]
藏独
ZàngDú
Tibetan Independence (movement)
藏文
Zàngwén
Tibetan script
帑藏
tǎngzàng
state treasury, also written [[帑臧<tǎngzāng>]]
藏象
zàngxiàng
hidden inner properties and their external manifestations (TCM)
援藏
yuánZàng
pro-Tibet
地藏
Dìzàng
Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi)
藏人
Zàngrén
Tibetan (person)
三藏
Sānzàng
Tripitaka (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645
藏族
Zàngzú
Tibetan ethnic group
滇藏
DiānZàng
Yunnan and Tibet
宝藏
bǎozàng
precious (mineral) deposits

Alternate Entries

藏
Zàng
Tibet / Xizang [[西藏]]
藏
cáng
to conceal / to hide away / to harbor / to store / to collect

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
906
Word Frequency Rank
1,416 of 84,292