Keyword
dark blue
- deep green
- old
- hoary
- Frequency
- #2230
- Strokes
- 7
Readings
cāng
Mnemonic
艹 (grass) gives the meaning and 仓 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
苍蝇
housefly
苍白
pale; wan
苍
dark blue; deep green; ash-gray
苍老
old; aged; (of calligraphy or painting) vigorous; forceful
苍穹
the blue dome of heaven
苍天
firmament
苍生
(area where) vegetation grows; the common people
上苍
Heaven; God
苍凉
desolate; bleak
白发苍苍
old and gray-haired
苍龙
Blue Dragon, other name of the Azure Dragon 青龙 (the seven mansions of the east sky)
苍茫
boundless; vast; hazy (distant horizon)
苍苍
ash gray; vast and hazy; flourishing
苍南县
Cangnan, a county in Wenzhou City 温州市 (WēnzhōuShì), Zhejiang
苍白无力
pale and feeble; powerless
苍鹰
(bird species of China) Eurasian goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
苍翠
verdant
苍劲
(of a tree) old and strong; (of calligraphy or painting) bold; vigorous
苍鹭
(bird species of China) grey heron (Ardea cinerea)
苍溪县
Cangxi, a county in Guangyuan City 广元市 (GuǎngyuánShì), Sichuan
苍梧县
Cangwu, a county in Wuzhou City 梧州市 (WúzhōuShì), Guangxi
旺苍县
Wangcang, a county in Guangyuan City 广元市 (GuǎngyuánShì), Sichuan
穹苍
the sky; the firmament; the vault of heaven
苍术
black atractylodes rhizome (dried rhizome of any of several atractylodes species) (TCM)