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Character Decomposition
仓=人+㔾
Etymology
Simplified form of 倉; grains 食 kept in storage 口
Meanings
barn
granary
storehouse
cabin
hold (in ship)
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Words with 仓 109 total
to transfer grain from a store (e.g. to sun it) · voice breaking (of male opera singer in puberty)倒仓dǎo cāngancient name of Baoji City, Shaanxi · Chencang district of Baoji City陈仓Chén cāngwarehouse货仓huò cāngto take an inventory of stock · to clear out one's stock清仓qīng cāng(logistics) storage location · place to store goods · (finance) position仓位cāng wèiall of a sudden · hurriedly仓促cāng cùto store in a warehouse仓储cāng chǔblack-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis)仓庚cāng gēngdepot · storehouse · warehouse仓库cāng kù(literary) granary仓廪cāng lǐnKurashiki (city in Japan)仓敷Cāng fūin a panic · flurried仓皇cāng huángCang Jie, legendary scribe of the Yellow Emperor and inventor of Chinese writing · (computing) Cangjie input method仓颉Cāng Jiéhamster仓鼠cāng shǔ(finance) to increase one's position加仓jiā cāngIwakura, Japanese name and place-name岩仓Yán cāngto close a position (finance)平仓píng cāng
Idioms with 仓 17 total Chain
do a thing in secret · advance secretly along (or by) an unknown path · steal a march on暗度陈仓àn dù chén cānglit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河 at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang in 206 BC against Xiang Yu of Chu) · fig. to feign one thing while doing another · to cheat under cover of a diversion暗渡陈仓àn dù Chén cāngto run off in a great panic (idiom)仓皇出逃cāng huáng chū táoflustered · ruffled · disconcerted仓皇失措cāng huáng shī cuòdo one thing under cover of another · pretend to prepare to advance along one path while secretly going along another明修栈道，暗度陈仓míng xiū zhàn dào，àn dù chén cānglit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河 at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang in 206 BC against Xiang Yu of Chu) · fig. to feign one thing while doing another · to cheat under cover of a diversion明修栈道，暗渡陈仓míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù Chén cāng
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