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沧

cāng

HSK 6 Character Traditional 滄

What 沧 means

1. bound form(of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green
2. literarycold

Words starting with 沧

• 沧桑cāng sānggreat changes; ups and downs; vicissitudes
• 沧海桑田cāng hǎi sāng tiánlit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom)…
• 沧县Cāng XiànCang County or Cangxian, a county in Cangzhou City 沧州市
• 沧龙cāng lóng(zoology) mosasaur
• 沧州市Cāng zhōu ShìCangzhou, prefecture-level city in Hebei Province 河北省
• 沧桑感cāng sāng gǎna sense of having been through good times and bad; a weathered and worn look
• 沧浪亭Cāng làng TíngCanglang Pavilion in Suzhou, Jiangsu, one of the Classical Gardens of Suzhou, a UNESCO…
• 沧龙科cāng lóng kē(zoology) family Mosasauridae
• 沧海遗珠cāng hǎi yí zhūundiscovered talent (idiom)
• 沧海一粟cāng hǎi yī sù(lit.) one grain floating on the ocean (idiom); (fig.) a drop in the ocean
• 沧源佤族自治县Cāng yuán Wǎ zú Zì zhì xiànCangyuan Va Autonomous County, in Lincang City 临沧市
• 沧州Cāng zhōusee 沧州市
• 沧源Cāng yuánsee 沧源佤族自治县
• 沧源县Cāng yuán Xiànsee 沧源佤族自治县

Words containing 沧

• 饱经沧桑bǎo jīng cāng sānghaving lived through many changes
• 澜沧江Lán cāng JiāngLancang River, the upper course (in southwestern China) of the Mekong River 湄公河
• 曾经沧海céng jīng cāng hǎilit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom); fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes…
• 李沧区Lǐ cāng QūLicang, a district of Qingdao City 青岛市
• 海沧区Hǎi cāng QūHaicang, a district of Xiamen City 厦门市
• 临沧市Lín cāng ShìLincang, prefecture-level city in Yunnan Province 云南省
• 历尽沧桑lì jìn cāng sāngto have been through the hardships of life; to have been through the mill
• 澜沧拉祜族自治县Lán cāng Lā hù zú Zì zhì xiànLancang Lahu Autonomous County, in Pu'er City 普洱市
• 曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云céng jīng cāng hǎi nán wéi shuǐ , chú què Wū Shān bù shì yúnthere are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed…
• 李沧Lǐ cāngsee 李沧区
• 海沧Hǎi cāngsee 海沧区
• 澜沧Lán cāngsee 澜沧拉祜族自治县
• 临沧Lín cāngsee 临沧市
• 澜沧县Lán cāng Xiànsee 澜沧拉祜族自治县

Characters built on 仓

These share the phonetic component 仓 (cāng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 舱cāngcabin; the hold of a ship or airplane
• 苍cāngdark blue; deep green; ash-gray
• 伧cānglow fellow; rustic; rude

Characters that look like 沧

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 法fǎlaw; method; way
• 治zhìto rule; to govern; to manage
• 冶yěto smelt; to cast; seductive in appearance
• 沦lúnto sink (into ruin, oblivion); to be reduced to
• 沽gūto buy; to sell
• 泾JīngJing River

Sounds the same

Read cāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 仓barn; granary; storehouse
• 舱cabin; the hold of a ship or airplane
• 苍dark blue; deep green; ash-gray
• 伧low fellow; rustic; rude
• 凔cold
• 鸧used in 鸧鹒