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蒼

简苍 · 繁蒼

Mandarin · pinyin cāng#

dark blue
deep green
ash-gray

Mandarin · pinyin Cāng#

surname Cang

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蒼: Look up this written character
苍: cāng · blue; green

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1 · cang1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cong1 · cong2

Cantonese word readings for 蒼. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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blue; green
white; greyish white
(Classical) abandoned granary
(Classical) desolate
(Classical) decay; decline; old age

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used in 蒼莽／苍莽 (cǎngmǎng, “boundless”)

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