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倉

godown
Stroke count: 10

Readings

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JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 4

Meanings

  1. godownRtK
  2. warehouse
  3. storehouse
  4. cellar

Popular Usage

倉庫

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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meeting · single gate · umbrella · stable door · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1758

Compound words

倉庫そうこ
storehouse; warehouse; godown
倉敷くらしき
Kurashiki (city); storage charges
穀倉こくそう
granary
米倉こめぐら
rice granary
鎌倉かまくら
Kamakura (city)
営倉えいそう
guardhouse
穴倉あなぐら
cellar
倉荷くらに
warehouse goods
倉皇そうこう
hurriedly
倉廩そうりん
rice granary
倉頡そうけつ
Cangjie (input method for Chinese)
小倉餡おぐらあん
sweet adzuki bean paste made of a mixture of mashed and whole beans
倉庫業そうこぎょう
warehousing business
倉入れくらいれ
storing in a warehouse
鎌倉時代かまくらじだい
Kamakura period (1185-1333)
倉庫会社そうこがいしゃ
warehousing company
冷蔵倉庫れいぞうそうこ
cold storage warehouse
倉頡輸入法そうけつゆにゅうほう
Cangjie input method (for Chinese)
倉庫に納めるそうこにおさめる
to store in a warehouse
湘南鎌倉医療大学しょうなんかまくらいりょうだいがく
Shonan Kamakura University of Medical Sciences

Additional Examples

彼の名前は小倉知之です。
His name is Tomoyuki Ogura.tatoeba
倉敷滞在中に三宅君がいろんな場所を案内してくれたよ。
Mr Miyake showed me lots of places during my stay in Kurashiki.tatoeba
倉庫の鍵を掛け忘れたのは、いったい誰ですか？
Who was it that forgot to lock the door of the warehouse?tatoeba
倉庫には家具が一つの他には何もなかった。
The warehouse was empty except for a piece of furniture.tatoeba

Stroke Order

10 strokes

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