藏

See also: 蔵

Translingual

Japanese	蔵
Simplified	藏
Traditional	藏

Han character

藏 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿戈一尸 (TIMS), four-corner 4425₃, composition ⿱艹臧)

Derived characters

• 臟, 欌

Descendants

• 蔵

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1064, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32264
• Dae Jaweon: page 1529, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3311, character 11
• Unihan data for U+85CF

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 藏
Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
臧	*ʔsaːŋ
牂	*ʔsaːŋ
戕	*kaːl, *ʔsaːŋ, *zaŋ
贓	*ʔsaːŋ
藏	*zaːŋ, *zaːŋs
奘	*zaːŋʔ, *zaːŋs
臟	*zaːŋs
將	*ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋs
漿	*ʔsaŋ
鱂	*ʔsaŋ
蔣	*ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋʔ
螿	*ʔsaŋ
槳	*ʔsaŋʔ
獎	*ʔsaŋʔ
醬	*ʔsaŋs
鏘	*sʰaŋ
蹡	*sʰaŋ, *ʔshaŋs
嶈	*sʰaŋ
斨	*sʰaŋ
爿	*braːn, *zaŋ
牆	*zaŋ
妝	*ʔsraŋ
莊	*ʔsraŋ
裝	*ʔsraŋ, *ʔsraŋs
壯	*ʔsraŋs
疒	*rnɯːɡ, *zraŋ
床	*zraŋ
牀	*zraŋ
狀	*zraŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zaːŋ, *zaːŋs) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 臧 (OC *ʔsaːŋ).

Etymology

“to hide; to store; depository”

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *C-(t)saŋ.

“Tibet”

Borrowed from Tibetan གཙང (gtsang).

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Pronunciation 1

trad.		藏
simp. #		藏
alternative forms		䒙 second round simplified

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 藏

1. to hide; to conceal
2. to store; to lay

Pronunciation 2

trad.		藏
simp. #		藏

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 藏

1. storing place; depository
2. Buddhist or Taoist scriptures
3. Short for 西藏 (Xīzàng, “Tibet”).
4. ^† Original form of 臟／脏 (zàng, “internal organs”).

Pronunciation 3

trad.		藏
simp. #		藏
alternative forms		茺

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhàng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhàng
    • Tâi-lô: tshàng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhaxng
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰaŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰaŋ²¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 藏 (Hokkien)

1. (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwan) to squeeze into
2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwan) to hide

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Japanese

Shinjitai	蔵
Kyūjitai	藏

Kanji

藏

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 蔵)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぞう (zō)
• Kan-on: そう (sō)
• Kun: くら (kura, 藏); かくれる (kakureru, 藏れる); おさめる (osameru, 藏める)

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Korean

Hanja

藏 • (jang) (hangeul 장)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 藏 (tàng, tạng)

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