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藏

藏

See also: 蔵

Translingual

Shinjitai 蔵
Simplified 藏
Traditional 藏

Han character

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

Derived characters

Descendants

References

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 藏

Glyph origin

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, OC *zaːŋ, *zaːŋs) : semantic 艸 ‎(“grass”) + phonetic 臧 ‎(OC *ʔsaːŋ) – to store up (hoard) grass (for livestock).

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 藏
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 從 (15)
Final (韻) 唐 (101)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 昨郎切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /d͡zɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /d͡zɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /d͡zɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /d͡zaŋ/
Li
Rong		 /d͡zɑŋ/
Wang
Li		 /d͡zɑŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /d͡zʱɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 cáng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 藏
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 cáng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ dzang ›
Old
Chinese		 /*m-tsʰˤaŋ/
English store (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 藏
Reading # 1/2
No. 10281
Phonetic
component		 爿
Rime
group		 陽
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 藏
Old
Chinese		 /*zaːŋ/

Definitions

藏

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

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 藏
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 從 (15)
Final (韻) 唐 (101)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 徂浪切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /d͡zɑŋH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /d͡zɑŋH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /d͡zɑŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /d͡zaŋH/
Li
Rong		 /d͡zɑŋH/
Wang
Li		 /d͡zɑŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /d͡zʱɑŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zàng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 藏
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 zàng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ dzangH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*m-tsʰˤaŋ-s/
English store, repository (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 藏
Reading # 2/2
No. 10284
Phonetic
component		 爿
Rime
group		 陽
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 藏
Old
Chinese		 /*zaːŋs/

Definitions

藏

  1. storing place; depository
  2. Buddhist or Taoist scriptures
  3. Tibet

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

藏

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

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

藏 • ‎(jang) (hangeul 장)

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Vietnamese

Han character

藏 (tàng, tạng)

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