Kanji N2

蔵: storehouse, hide, own

蔵 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning storehouse, hide, own, written with 15 strokes. It is read ゾウ, ソウ (on) and くら, おさめる, かくれる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 冷蔵庫 (れいぞうこ, refrigerator) and 貯蔵 (ちょぞう, storage).

蔵

Meanings

  • storehouse
  • hide
  • own
  • have
  • possess
Strokes15
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#468 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ゾウ
  • ソウ

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

Kun reading
  • くら
  • おさめる
  • かくれる

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

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 15. Start at the dot.

Common words with 蔵

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

  • 冷蔵庫れいぞうこ

    refrigerator; fridge

    JLPT N5
  • 貯蔵ちょぞう

    storage; preservation; stocking; stockpiling

    JLPT N2
  • 蔵相ぞうしょう

    Minister of Finance

    JLPT N1
  • 埋蔵まいぞう

    burying in the ground

    JLPT N1
  • 蔵くら

    warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary

    JLPT N1
  • 冷蔵れいぞう

    cold storage; refrigeration

    JLPT N1
  • 大蔵おおくら

    Ministry of Finance

  • 大蔵省おおくらしょう

    Ministry of Finance (1869-2001)

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