Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 藏
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藏 |
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Hanzi-Trainer
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Meaning |
to hide away, to conceal, to harbor, depository |
Pronunciation |
cáng, zàng |
Explanation |
Top: plant 艹, below: 臧 (fragment 爿, official 臣, halberd 戈) |
Mnemonic
| The plant is the fragment that the official with the halberd is hiding away. |
Radicals
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艹
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grass, plant | |
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丬
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bed | (Simplification of fragment: 爿 which shows a tree split lengthwise. (片 is the other half) - Not at least because of its use with these characters 寐,寝 for 'sleep', it got the meaning of "bed".) |
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臣
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minister | |
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戈
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halberd | |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 西藏 |
Xī zàng |
Tibet; Xizang or Tibetan autonomous region | | 藏羚羊 |
cáng líng yáng |
Tibetan antelope or Chiru (Pantholops hodgsonii) | | 苞藏祸心 |
bāo cáng huò xīn |
to harbor evil intentions (idiom); concealing malice | | 滇藏 |
Diān Zàng |
Yunnan and Tibet | | 滇，藏，川 |
Diān , Zàng , Chuān |
Yunnan, Tibet and Sichuan | | 藏匿 |
cáng nì |
to cover up; to conceal; to go into hiding | | 蕴藏量 |
yùn cáng liàng |
reserves; amount still in store | | 蕴藏 |
yùn cáng |
to hold in store; to contain (untapped reserves etc) | | 鸟尽弓藏 |
niǎo jìn gōng cáng |
lit. the birds are over, the bow is put away (idiom); fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose | | 躲藏 |
duǒ cáng |
to hide oneself |
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