Memory phrase for the character: 苍


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Meaning

dark blue, deep green, ash-gray, aged, housefly

Pronunciation

cāng

Explanation

Top: grass 艹, below: warehouse 仓 (Under the pointed roof 人 is a roll of cloth 㔾 in the warehouse)

Mnemonic


 
Grass grows on the warehouse: It is dark blue and aged.

Radicals

grass, plantGrass or a rapid growing plant in general. It shows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.
storehouse, barn, granary
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 Vocabulary

苍白 cāng bái  pale; wan
苍蝇 cāng ying  housefly
苍苍 cāng cāng  ash gray; vast and hazy; flourishing
苍苍 cāng cāng  ash gray; vast and hazy; flourishing
苍茫 cāng máng  boundless; vast; hazy (distant horizon)
苍翠 cāng cuì  verdant
苍蝇座 cāng ying zuò  Musca (constellation)
苍穹 cāng qióng  the blue dome of heaven
苍穹 cāng qióng  


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