JLPT N2 · 15 strokes
Kanji 蔵: "storehouse, hide, own"
The kanji 蔵 means "storehouse, hide, own, have, possess". It is written with 15 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N2, read ゾウ, ソウ in on'yomi and くら, おさ.める, かく.れる 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)
ゾウソウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
くらおさ.めるかく.れる
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 | storehouse, hide, own, have, possess |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 15 |
| JLPT level | N2 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 6 |
| Frequency rank | 468 of 2,501 |
Common words with 蔵
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 冷蔵庫refrigerator; fridge
- 蔵warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine
- 蔵possession; ownership · Tibet; Tibetan people
- 武蔵Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
- 内蔵internal (e.g. mechanism, feature); built-in; equipped (with)
- 蔵書collection of books; (personal) library
- 秘蔵treasuring; cherishing; prizing; holding dear
- 無尽蔵inexhaustible supply
- 地蔵Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
- 貯蔵storage; preservation; stocking; stockpiling · hoarding (of goods or money without productive use)
- 土蔵storehouse with thick (earthen) walls; godown
- 貯蔵庫storehouse; bunker; silo
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