The Chinese Radical: 仓


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Meaning
storehouse, barn, granary    仓

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 5
firearm, rifle, spear
qiāng
Left: tree 木, right: warehouse 仓 (Under the pointed roof 人 is a roll of cloth 㔾 in the warehouse)
It is built with wood (at least the handle?) and it turns a person 人 into a slumped person 㔾: the firearm!  
HSK 5
fight over, to rush, scramble, grab, snatch
qiāng, qiǎng
Left: hand 扌, right: warehouse 仓 (Here: Person 人 and slumped person 㔾)
The hands of the two persons fight over sth.  
HSK 5
a wound, injury, trauma, to inaugurate
chuāng, chuàng
Left: warehouse 仓 (Under the pointed roof 人 is a roll of cloth 㔾 in the warehouse.), right: knife刂
Go to the warehouse (for bandages) if a knife made a wound.  
HSK 6
cabin, the hold of a ship or airplane
cāng
Left: boat 舟 (rowing boat with two persons 丶丶), right: warehouse 仓 (Under the pointed roof 人 is a roll of cloth 㔾 in the warehouse.)
As the boat has a "warehouse", there is a cabin in the airplane.  
HSK 6
warehouse, barn, granary, cabin
cāng
Left: person 人, right: slumped person 㔾 (here: roll of fabric)
Under the pointed roof, a roll of cloth is in the warehouse.  
HSK 6
dark blue, deep green, ash-gray, aged, housefly
cāng
Top: grass 艹, below: warehouse 仓 (Under the pointed roof 人 is a roll of cloth 㔾 in the warehouse)
Grass grows on the warehouse: It is dark blue and aged.  
HSK 6
blue-green or azure (water), vast (ocean)
cāng
Left: water 氵, right: warehouse 仓 (Under the pointed roof 人 is a roll of cloth 㔾 in the warehouse)
The water at the warehouse was blue-green.  
no HSK
skin ulcer, sore
chuāng
Left: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick), inside: warehouse 仓 (Under the pointed roof 人 is a roll of cloth 㔾 in the warehouse)
The disease bulging 人 on a slumped person 㔾 is the: ulcer.  
no HSK
stagger, sway from side to side, swinging
qiāng, qiàng
Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: warehouse 仓 (Under the pointed roof 人 is a roll of cloth 㔾 in the warehouse)
The foot trips in the warehouse over a roll of cloth 㔾 and staggers.  
no HSK
to choke (because of swallowing the wrong way)
qiāng, qiàng
Left: mouth 口, right: warehouse 仓 (Under the pointed roof 人 is a roll of cloth 㔾 in the warehouse) [Here: 㔾 as a slumped person]
The mouth turns the person 人 into a slumped person because he chokes (due to wrong swallowing)  

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