沧

Pronunciationcāng
Five Elements
FortuneAuspicious
Strokes14 strokes

Basic Info

Pronunciation cāng
Five Elements
Fortune Auspicious
Radical
Simplified Strokes 7 strokes
Traditional Strokes 14 strokes
Traditional Form:

Naming Meaning

Kangxi Dictionary

View Original Page 641
View Original Page 641
Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Cang; Kangxi strokes: 14; Page 641, Entry 01 Ancient character form. Pronounced cang. The name of a river. Tribute of Yu (Yugong) section of the Book of Documents (Shujing): From Mount Bozhong, the Yang River is guided to flow east and becomes the Han River. Further east, it becomes the Canglang River. Also the name of a river. Commentary on the Classic of Waterways (Shuijingzhu): The Shi River meets the Qingyi River on the left, which is also called the Cang River. Also the name of a lake. Record of the Vast World (Guangyuji): Located in Lechang County, Shaozhou Prefecture. Also the name of a prefecture. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Established during the Later Wei dynasty, it took its name from the Cang Sea. Also, according to the Explanation of Characters (Shuowen): Cold. Lost Book of Zhou (Yi Zhoushu): The way of heaven and earth involves cold and heat. Sometimes also written in a variant form (cang). Yang Xiong, Rhapsody on Sweet Springs (Ganquan Fu): Shining east over the Cang Sea. Also pronounced chuang. Equivalent to the character (cang).

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