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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)

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

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