JLPT N1 · 10 strokes
Kanji 倉: "godown, warehouse, storehouse"
The kanji 倉 means "godown, warehouse, storehouse, cellar, treasury". It is written with 10 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ソウ in on'yomi and くら in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ソウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
くら
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | godown, warehouse, storehouse, cellar, treasury |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 10 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 4 |
| Frequency rank | 1114 of 2,501 |
Common words with 倉
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 倉庫storehouse; warehouse; godown
- 鎌倉Kamakura (city)
- 弾倉magazine (for a firearm); cylinder (of a revolver)
- 鎌倉時代Kamakura period (1185-1333)
- 船倉ship's hold; hatch
- 佐倉place : Sakura
- 穀倉地帯grain-producing region
- 鎌倉幕府Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333)
- 片倉place : Katakura
- 矢倉caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
- 営倉guardhouse; detention barracks
- 米倉rice granary
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