Kanji N1

倉: godown, warehouse, storehouse

倉 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning godown, warehouse, storehouse, written with 10 strokes. It is read ソウ (on) and くら (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 倉庫 (そうこ, storehouse) and 倉敷 (くらしき, Kurashiki).

倉

Meanings

  • godown
  • warehouse
  • storehouse
  • cellar
  • treasury
Strokes10
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#1114 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ソウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • くら

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 倉

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 倉庫そうこ

    storehouse; warehouse; godown

    JLPT N2
  • 倉敷くらしき

    Kurashiki (city)

  • 米倉こめぐら

    rice granary

  • 穀倉こくそう

    granary

  • 鎌倉かまくら

    Kamakura (city)

  • 船倉せんそう

    ship's hold; hatch

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.