Keyword
deep blue-green
- azure
- cold
- vast (all as of the sea)
- Frequency
- #2769
- Strokes
- 7
Readings
cāng
Mnemonic
氵 (water) gives the meaning and 仓 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
沧桑
great changes; ups and downs; vicissitudes; abbr. of 沧海桑田 (cānghǎisāngtián)
沧
(bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green; (literary) cold
澜沧江
Lancang River, the upper course (in southwestern China) of the Mekong River 湄公河 (MéigōngHé)
沧海桑田
lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom); fig. the transformations of the world
沧州市
Cangzhou, prefecture-level city in Hebei Province 河北省 (HéběiShěng)
沧县
Cang County or Cangxian, a county in Cangzhou City 沧州市 (CāngzhōuShì), Hebei
临沧市
Lincang, prefecture-level city in Yunnan Province 云南省 (YúnnánShěng)
李沧区
Licang, a district of Qingdao City 青岛市 (QīngdǎoShì), Shandong
沧海一粟
(lit.) one grain floating on the ocean (idiom); (fig.) a drop in the ocean
曾经沧海
lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom); fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life
历尽沧桑
to have been through the hardships of life; to have been through the mill
海沧区
Haicang, a district of Xiamen City 厦门市 (XiàménShì), Fujian
沧浪亭
Canglang Pavilion in Suzhou, Jiangsu, one of the Classical Gardens of Suzhou, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
饱经沧桑
having lived through many changes
沧桑感
a sense of having been through good times and bad; a weathered and worn look
澜沧拉祜族自治县
Lancang Lahu Autonomous County, in Pu'er City 普洱市 (Pǔ'ěrShì), Yunnan
沧源佤族自治县
Cangyuan Va Autonomous County, in Lincang City 临沧市 (LíncāngShì), Yunnan
沧龙
(zoology) mosasaur