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蔵

storehouse
Stroke count: 15

Readings

On readingゾウ、ソウ
Kun readingくら、おさ.める、かく.れる
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 6

Meanings

  1. storehouseRtK
  2. have
  3. hide
  4. own
  5. possess

Popular Usage

冷蔵庫

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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flowers (艹) · parade · retainer · slave

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 913

Compound words

冷蔵庫れいぞうこ
refrigerator; fridge
無尽蔵むじんぞう
inexhaustible supply
蔵書ぞうしょ
collection of books; (personal) library
蔵相ぞうしょう
Minister of Finance
大蔵おおくら
Ministry of Finance
地蔵じぞう
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
貯蔵ちょぞう
storage; preservation; stocking; stockpiling; hoarding (of goods or money without productive use)
内蔵ないぞう
internal (e.g. disk); built-in; equipped (with)
埋蔵まいぞう
burying in the ground; having underground deposits
冷蔵れいぞう
cold storage; refrigeration
所蔵しょぞう
(in one's) possession
大蔵省おおくらしょう
Ministry of Finance (1869-2001); Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryō system)
愛蔵あいぞう
treasured
家蔵かぞう
household possessions
旧蔵きゅうぞう
having owned (something) for a long time
穴蔵あなぐら
cellar
五蔵ごぞう
the five viscera (liver, lungs, heart, kidney and spleen)
西蔵チベット
Tibet
蔵うしまう
to finish
蔵元くらもと
sake brewery, storehouse owner
土蔵どぞう
earthen storehouse
愛蔵版あいぞうばん
collector's edition
虚空蔵こくうぞう
Akasagarbha (bodhisattva)
忠臣蔵ちゅうしんぐら
(story of the) Forty-seven Rōnin

Additional Examples

彼は美術に関するすばらしい蔵書を持っている。
He has a fine library of books on art.tatoeba
彼は大蔵大臣に任命された。
He was appointed Minister of Finance.tatoeba
彼は蔵書をふやした。
He accumulated his library.tatoeba
彼は相当数の蔵書を集めた。
He has accumulated quite a collection of books.tatoeba

Stroke Order

15 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 蔵

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