Pronunciation family
Chinese characters for “cang”
13 characters share this plain syllable. Compare tone marks first, then open a character for writing and usage.
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First tone
cāng
舱
cāng
仓cabin, ship's hold
10 strokes · HSK 3.0 L7-9cāng
伧granary, barn
4 strokescāng
沧vulgar person, country man
6 strokescāng
苍azure, cold, vast
7 strokescāng
鸧dark blue
7 strokescāng
倉oriole
9 strokescāng
傖granary, barn
10 strokescāng
滄vulgar person, country man
12 strokescāng
蒼azure, cold, vast
13 strokescāng
艙dark blue
14 strokescāng
鶬cabin, ship's hold
16 strokescāng
oriole
21 strokes2
Second tone
cáng
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