Memory phrase for the character: 藏
藏
Meaning
to hide away, to conceal, to harbor, depository Pronunciation cáng, zàng Explanation Top: plant 艹, below: 臧 (fragment 爿, official 臣, halberd 戈)
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The plant is the fragment that the official with the halberd is hiding away. Radicals
艹
grass, plant Grass or a rapid growing plant in general. It shows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.
丬
bed Simplification of fragment: 爿 which shows a tree split lengthwise. (片 is the other half) - Not at least because of its use with these characters 寐,寝 for 'sleep', it got the meaning of "bed".
臣
minister
戈
halberd
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西藏 Xī zàng
Tibet; Xizang or Tibetan autonomous region
藏羚羊 cáng líng yáng
Tibetan antelope or Chiru (Pantholops hodgsonii)
苞藏祸心
bāo cáng huò xīn
to harbor evil intentions (idiom); concealing malice
滇藏 Diān Zàng
Yunnan and Tibet
滇，藏，川
Diān , Zàng , Chuān
Yunnan, Tibet and Sichuan
滇，藏，川
Diān , Zàng , Chuān
藏匿 cáng nì
to cover up; to conceal; to go into hiding
蕴藏量 yùn cáng liàng
reserves; amount still in store
蕴藏 yùn cáng
to hold in store; to contain (untapped reserves etc)
鸟尽弓藏
niǎo jìn gōng cáng
lit. the birds are over, the bow is put away (idiom); fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose
躲藏 duǒ cáng
to hide oneself
躲藏 duǒ cáng
