藏

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Tibet

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

藏 pairs 艹 vegetation with 臧 cáng, which gives the sound. Its first sense was a kind of plant. The cáng reading later borrowed the sound for storing and hiding. The zàng reading borrowed the sound for a storehouse and for short 西藏 Tibet.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

藏cáng
hide, conceal, store, lay by
藏zàng
storehouse, depository

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