cáng

Traditional: 藏

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Translation

to hide, to conceal, to store

Word origin

A phono-semantic character: the grass radical 艹 evokes hiding something away amongst vegetation, and 臧 (zāng) supplies the sound, giving the meaning to hide, conceal or store.

Origin
phono-semantic
Root
艹 (grass radical) + 臧 (zāng, phonetic)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 藏

Examples

He hid the money under the bed.

zhuō

The children are playing hide and seek.

She concealed her true thoughts.

A secret is hidden here.

shā

The cat is hiding behind the sofa.

藏 (cáng) means to hide, to conceal, to store. It is a verb for putting something out of sight.

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This word is part of lesson 21.