藏

cáng
#905 most
frequent character
hide, conceal, store, lay by
verb

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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Example Sentences

他把钱藏起来了。
tā bǎ qián cángqǐlái le 。
He has hidden the money.
她藏在树后面。
tā cáng zài shù hòumiàn 。
She is hiding behind the tree.
我喜欢把书藏在书架上。
wǒ xǐhuān bǎ shū cáng zài shūjià shàng 。
I like to store books on the bookshelf.

Same Characters, Different Readings

藏Zang4
Tibet
藏zàng
storehouse, depository

Words with similar meanings

掩藏yǎncáng
to conceal
掩藏 emphasizes the act of hiding something in a way that makes it not visible or accessible.
储藏chǔcáng
to store
储藏 refers specifically to the act of keeping something for future use, often in a designated space.

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