倉

See also: 仓

倉	U+5009, 倉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5009

← 倈
[U+5008]

CJK Unified Ideographs

倊 →
[U+500A]

Translingual

Han character

倉 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人戈日口 (OIAR) or 人一日口 (OMAR), four-corner 8060₇, composition ⿱亽⿸⿴尸一口(G) or ⿱亼⿸⿴尸一口(HTJKV))

Shuowen Jiezi radical №183

Derived characters

傖, 凔, 嗆, 𪤇, 𪦔, 嵢, 愴, 搶, 滄, 獊, 𪰻, 𦞛, 槍, 𣯙, 熗, 牄, 𤚬, 瑲, 䢢, 𤾙, 𥎄, 𥏲, 𫀞, 䅮, 𥻲, 𦃹, 𬚤, 艙, 螥, 𬡧, 謒, 賶, 𧽜, 蹌, 䤌, 鎗, 𠑐, 䱽, 𪙎, 創, 𨜾, 𠞴, 戧, 𠟐, 𠏓, 𠏧, 𩀞, 鶬, 𠑜, 蒼, 瘡, 𬔎, 篬, 𨶆, 𩮩, 𠥐

Related characters

仓 (Simplified Chinese)

Chinese

trad.		倉
simp.		仓^*
alternative forms		仺 ancient

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 倉

Shang

Western Zhou

Warring States

Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)

Liushutong (compiled in Ming)

Oracle bone script

Bronze inscriptions

Chu slip and silk script

Qin slip script

Odd character

Small seal script

Transcribed ancient scripts

**Oracle bone script**
j13026

**Bronze inscriptions**
b08054	b08055	b08056

**Small seal script**
s03774	s03775

**Transcribed ancient scripts**
L32910	L32911	L32912	L32913	L09963	L09964	L09965	L09966
L09967	L09968	L09969	L09970	L09971	L09972	L09973	L09974

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (倉) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
艙	*sʰaːŋ
倉	*sʰaːŋ
蒼	sʰaːŋ, sʰaːŋʔ
滄	sʰaːŋ, sʰraŋs
傖	sʰaːŋ, zraːŋ
鶬	*sʰaːŋ
凔	*sʰaːŋ
槍	sʰaŋ, sʰraːŋ
搶	sʰaŋ, sʰaŋʔ, *sʰraŋʔ
蹌	*sʰaŋ
瑲	*sʰaŋ
牄	*sʰaŋ
嗆	*sʰaŋs
創	sʰraŋ, sʰraŋs
瘡	*sʰraŋ
愴	sʰraŋʔ, sʰraŋs
鎗	*sʰraːŋ

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 食 (“food”) + 口 (“house”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): cāng (cang¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄘㄤ
(Chengdu, SP): cang¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): cong¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhông
(Meixian, Guangdong): cong¹
Min Dong (BUC): chŏng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chhng / chhong
(Teochew, Peng'im): cang¹ / ceng¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cang
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻang¹
  - Yale: tsāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsang
  - Palladius: цан (can)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: cang¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cong¹
  - Yale: chōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhông
  - Hakka Romanization System: cong´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: cong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chŏng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰouŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhng / chhong
  - Tâi-lô: tshng / tshong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhngf, zhofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰŋ̍⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰŋ̍³³/, /t͡sʰɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰŋ̍⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰŋ̍⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰŋ̍⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/

Note: chhng - vernacular, chhong - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cang¹ / ceng¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshang / tshṳng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaŋ³³/, /t͡sʰɯŋ³³/

Note: cang1 - literary.

Middle Chinese: /t͡sʰɑŋ/

Rime
Character	倉
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	七岡切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰaŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰɑŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɑŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cong¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[s.r̥]ˤaŋ/, /*tsʰˤaŋ/
(Zhengzhang): /*sʰaːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	倉	倉
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cāng	cāng
Middle Chinese	‹ tshang ›	‹ tshang ›
Old Chinese	/*[s.r̥]ˁaŋ/	/*tsʰˁaŋ/
English	tshang-kæng "oriole"	granary
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	倉
Reading #	1/1
No.	1125
Phonetic component	倉
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	倉
Old Chinese	/*sʰaːŋ/

Definitions

倉

granary
warehouse
(trading) position
(Cantonese) prison
Alternative form of 艙／舱 (cāng).
Alternative form of 滄／沧 (cāng).

Compounds

三倉／三仓
京倉／京仓
倉促／仓促 (cāngcù)
倉倉皇皇／仓仓皇皇
倉儲／仓储 (cāngchǔ)
倉公／仓公
倉卒／仓卒 (cāngcù)
倉埠／仓埠 (Cāngbù)
倉容／仓容 (cāngróng)
倉庚／仓庚
倉庫／仓库 (cāngkù)
倉庾／仓庾
倉廒／仓廒
倉廩／仓廪 (cānglǐn)
倉忙／仓忙 (cāngmáng)
倉房／仓房 (cāngfáng)
倉猝／仓猝

倉皇／仓皇 (cānghuáng)
倉皇失措／仓皇失措
倉皇無措／仓皇无措
倉神／仓神
倉租／仓租
倉頡篇／仓颉篇 (Cāngjiépiān)
倒倉／倒仓
冷藏倉庫／冷藏仓库
千倉萬箱／千仓万箱
司倉／司仓
四行倉庫／四行仓库
囷倉／囷仓
填倉／填仓
大倉／大仓 (Dàcāng)
太倉／太仓 (Tàicāng)
太倉一粟／太仓一粟
太倉稊米／太仓稊米

小倉山／小仓山
廣惠倉／广惠仓
快碼倉頡／快码仓颉
暗度陳倉／暗度陈仓
添倉／添仓
清倉／清仓 (qīngcāng)
監倉／监仓
社倉／社仓
穀倉／谷仓 (gǔcāng)
米倉／米仓 (mǐcāng)
米爛成倉／米烂成仓
糧倉／粮仓 (liángcāng)
義倉／义仓 (yìcāng)
貨倉／货仓 (huòcāng)
買空倉／买空仓 (mǎikōngcāng)
鐮倉／镰仓
鐮倉幕府／镰仓幕府

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (倉):

→ Japanese: 倉(そう‎) (sō‎)
→ Korean: 창(倉) (chang)
→ Vietnamese: thương (倉)

→ Classical Mongolian: ᠰᠠᠩ (saŋ)
- Mongolian: ᠰᠠᠩ (saŋ) / сан (san)
- → Buryat: сан (san), һан (han)
- → Khamnigan Mongol: сан
- → Tuvan: саң (sañ)
- → Written Oirat: ᠰᠠᡊ (sang)
  - Kalmyk: саң (sang)
→ Thai: ฉาง (chǎang)

References

“Entry #5711”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

Japanese

Kanji

倉

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Go-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
Kan-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
Kun: くら (kura, 倉, Jōyō)

Compounds

校倉
内倉
営倉
穀倉
常平倉
船倉
弾倉
武器倉
米倉
胸倉
倉荷
倉庫
倉皇
鎌倉
倉主
倉敷
倉廩
小倉
小倉餡

Noun

倉(くら) • (kura)

Kanji in this term
倉
くら Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Alternative form of 蔵

Derived terms

倉出し
倉入れ

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 倉 (MC t͡sʰɑŋ). Recorded as Middle Korean 차ᇰ (chang) (Yale: chang) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

(granary; warehouse; etc.):
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰa̠ŋ]
- Phonetic hangul: [창]
(in 창졸 (倉卒, changjol)):
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰa̠(ː)ŋ]
- Phonetic hangul: [창(ː)]
  - Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Wikisource倉 (eumhun 곳집 창 (gotjip chang))

Hanja form^? of 창 (“granary”).
Hanja form^? of 창 (“warehouse; storage”).

Compounds

창고 (倉庫, changgo)
창름 (倉凜, changneum)
영창 (營倉, yeongchang)
창부 (倉府, changbu)
탄창 (彈倉, tanchang)
창곡 (倉穀, changgok)
창졸 (倉卒, changjol)
창힐 (倉頡, Changhil)
개창 (開倉, gaechang)
곡창 (穀倉, gokchang)
선창 (船倉, seonchang)
삼창 (三倉, samchang)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

倉: Hán Nôm readings: thương, thưng, thơng

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倉

Translingual

Han character

Derived characters

Related characters

Further reading

Chinese

Glyph origin

Pronunciation

Definitions

Compounds

Descendants

References

Japanese

Kanji

Readings

Compounds

Noun

Derived terms

Korean

Etymology

Pronunciation

Hanja

Compounds

References

Vietnamese

Han character