Hanja Analyzer
蒼

蒼 — chang

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
푸를 창
Romanization
chang
English
blue; green
Mandarin
cāng
Japanese on'yomi
ソウ
Japanese kun'yomi
あお.い
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#2,276 of 2,500
Strokes
13
Radical
艸 (140, 10 residual)
Phonetic component
倉(창)
Unicode
U+84BC

Parts that make up 蒼

  • 艹 풀 초variant of 艸 돋아난 풀잎 둘풀·나물·약초. 글자 위에 얹힌다
  • 倉 곳집 창sound 곡식을 넣어 두는 곳집곳집. ‘창·창’ 계열의 소리

How 蒼 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 蒼 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 艸, 倉.

Korean example words with 蒼

  • 창송蒼松 Korean gloss: 푸른 소나무
  • 창공蒼空 Korean gloss: 맑고 푸른 하늘
  • 창궁蒼穹 Korean gloss: 맑고 푸른 하늘
  • 창애蒼崖 Korean gloss: 아주 높은 절벽
  • 창맹蒼氓 Korean gloss: 세상의 모든 사람
  • 창생蒼生 Korean gloss: 세상의 모든 사람
  • 창천蒼川 Korean gloss: 물이 맑아서 새파란 내
  • 창망하다蒼茫 Korean gloss: 넓고 멀어서 아득하다
  • 창망히蒼茫히 Korean gloss: 넓고 멀어서 아득하게
  • 창연하다蒼然 Korean gloss: 날이 저물어 어둑어둑하다
  • 망창하다茫蒼 Korean gloss: 갑자기 큰일을 당하여 앞이 아득하다
  • 창황하다蒼黃 Korean gloss: 미처 어찌할 사이 없이 매우 급작스럽다

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 蒼

  • 蒼茫そうぼう vast and blue (e.g. ocean); dusky; shadowy
  • 鬱蒼うっそう thick; dense; luxuriant
  • 蒼白そうはく pale; pallid
  • 蒼天そうてん blue sky; azure sky; spring sky
  • 蒼然そうぜん blue; bluish; dim
  • 蒼生そうせい the masses; people
  • 蒼鉛そうえん bismuth
  • 蒼穹そうきゅう blue sky
  • 蒼竜そうりょう blue dragon; Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the eastern heavens
  • 蒼氓そうぼう the people; the public; citizens
  • 蒼紅そうこう blue and red; azure and crimson
  • 蒼梧そうご Chinese parasol-tree (Firmiana simplex); Chinese bottletree; Japanese varnishtree

Characters sharing the phonetic 倉

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “창” in Korean.

Other hanja read “창”

Other hanja with radical 艸

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