苍

cǎng

surname Cang

Radical: 艹 Strokes: 7

Structure: Top small, bottom largeFrequency: Common

Same radical

花节草落营英药苦菜蒙荣藏

Same radical

花节草落营英药苦菜蒙荣藏薄荒若

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Character Decomposition

苍=艹+仓

Etymology

grass

Meanings

surname Cang

Cāng

dark blue

deep green

ash-gray

cāng

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Words with 苍 84 total

Heaven; God上苍shàng cāng the sky · the firmament · the vault of heaven穹苍qióng cāng (of a tree) old and strong · (of calligraphy or painting) bold; vigorous苍劲cāng jìng firmament苍天cāng tiān

Idioms with 苍 25 total

old and gray-haired白发苍苍bái fà cāng cāng lit. (cloud shapes) changing from a white shirt to a gray dog (idiom) · fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world白衣苍狗bái yī cāng gǒu lit. a white cloud transforms into what looks like a gray dog (idiom) · fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world白云苍狗bái yún cāng gǒu pale and feeble · powerless苍白无力cāng bái wú lì