# 藏

| 藏 | U+85CF, &#34255; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85CF |
| ← 藎 [U+85CE] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 藐 → [U+85D0] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | 蔵 |
| Simplified | 藏 |
| Traditional | 藏 |

### Han character

藏 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿戈一尸 (TIMS), four-corner 4425$_3$, composition ⿱艹臧)

#### Derived characters

* 欌, 㶓, 臟, 贜, 鑶, 𡅆, 𡿄, 𤜐, 𦇴, 𧕨, 𰹬, 𨤃, 𩽮, 𪓅, 𡚥, 𢆮, 𣰾, 𭗶, 𩰅

#### Descendants

* 蔵

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1064, character 22
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32264
* Dae Jaweon: page 1529, character 7
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3311, character 11
* Unihan data for U+85CF

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 藏 :
| Warring States | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script |
| | Old Chinese |
| 臧 | *ʔsaːŋ |
| 牂 | *ʔsaːŋ |
| 戕 | *kaːl, *ʔsaːŋ, *zaŋ |
| 贓 | *ʔsaːŋ |
| 藏 | *zaːŋ, *zaːŋs |
| 奘 | *zaːŋʔ, *zaːŋs |
| 臟 | *zaːŋs |
| 將 | *ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋs |
| 漿 | *ʔsaŋ |
| 鱂 | *ʔsaŋ |
| 蔣 | *ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋʔ |
| 螿 | *ʔsaŋ |
| 槳 | *ʔsaŋʔ |
| 獎 | *ʔsaŋʔ |
| 醬 | *ʔsaŋs |
| 鏘 | *sʰaŋ |
| 蹡 | *sʰaŋ, *ʔshaŋs |
| 嶈 | *sʰaŋ |
| 斨 | *sʰaŋ |
| 爿 | *braːn, *zaŋ |
| 牆 | *zaŋ |
| 妝 | *ʔsraŋ |
| 莊 | *ʔsraŋ |
| 裝 | *ʔsraŋ, *ʔsraŋs |
| 壯 | *ʔsraŋs |
| 疒 | *rnɯːɡ, *zraŋ |
| 床 | *zraŋ |
| 牀 | *zraŋ |
| 狀 | *zraŋs |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zaːŋ, *zaːŋs): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 臧 (OC *ʔsaːŋ).

### Etymology 1

Baxter and Sagart (2014) reconstructs 藏 (OC *m-tsʰˤaŋ, “to store”) with an *m- prefix, which changes 倉 (OC *tsʰˁaŋ, “granary”) into a volitional verb. Cognate with Tibetan གསང (gsang, “secret; conceal”), འཚང ('tshang, “to press into”) (Schuessler, 2007); STEDT provisionally reconstructs Proto-Tibeto-Burman *C-(t)saŋ (“to bury; to conceal”).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): cáng (cang$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄘㄤˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): qiang$^2$ / cang$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): cong$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): tong$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhòng
    (Hailu, HRS): cong
    (Meixian, Guangdong): cong$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): còng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zorng$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chông
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cang$^5$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): cang$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zan; $^6$zaon
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cáng
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cáng
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻang$^2$
*** Yale: tsáng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsarng
*** Palladius: цан (can)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɑŋ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: qiang$^2$ / cang$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kiang / cang
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰiaŋ²¹/, /t͡sʰaŋ²¹/
* qiang2 - vernacular;
* cang2 - literary.
* Middle Chinese: dzang
Rime :
| Character | 藏 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 從 (15) |
| Final (韻) | 唐 (101) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 昨郎切 |
| Baxter | dzang |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡zɑŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡zɑŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡zɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡zaŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡zɑŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡zɑŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /d͡zʱɑŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | cáng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cong$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-tsʰˤaŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*zaːŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 藏 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | cáng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dzang › |
| Old Chinese | /*m-tsʰˁaŋ/ |
| English | store (v.) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 藏 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 10281 |
| Phonetic component | 爿 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 藏 |
| Old Chinese | /*zaːŋ/ |

#### Definitions

藏
* (transitive) to hide; to conceal
* (intransitive) to hide
* to store; to lay
* a surname

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 收藏, 藏$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 藏$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 藏$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 藏$_1$ |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 藏$_1$ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 抬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 撿, 收, 藏$_1$ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 收 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 藏$_1$ |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 收, 藏$_1$, 囥 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 藏$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 收, 收埋, 摒, 摒埋 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 收, 收埋, 摒, 摒埋 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 摒 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 摒 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 摒 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 收 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 收埋 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 弆 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 囥 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 摒 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 摒 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 摒 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 摒 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 摒 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 摒 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 囥 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 囥 |
| Hakka | Changting | 摒 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 摒 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 摒 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 摒 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 摒 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 囥 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 摒 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 囥 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 囥 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 囥 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 藏$_4$ |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 摒 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 摒 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 囥 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 抬掇, 抬 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 囥 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 囥 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 囥 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 囥 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 囥, 藏$_4$ |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 藏$_4$ |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 藏 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 囥 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 囥 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 囥 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 囥 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 囥 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 囥 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 囥 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 囥 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 囥 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 囥 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 囥 |
| Wu | Danyang | 囥 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 囥 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 囥 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 囥 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 囥 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 弆 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 收 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 躲藏, 藏躲, 躲 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 藏, 貓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 躲, 藏 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 躲 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 藏 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 藏, 卻 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 藏, 躲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 躲 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 躲 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 藏 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 匿, 匿埋 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 匿, 匿埋 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 摒 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 摒埋 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 摒 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 摒 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 匿埋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 匿埋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 摒埋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 匿埋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 揞埋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 匿埋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 匿埋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 匿埋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 匿埋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 匿埋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 匿埋 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 揞埋 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 匿埋 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 匿埋 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 摒埋 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 匿埋, 摒埋 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 匿 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 匿 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 匿 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 匿埋 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 求埋 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 匿埋 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 餌, 伏 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 匿埋 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 躲 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 摒 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 摒 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 摒 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 躲 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 儲 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 屈, 覭 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 覕, 囥 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 覕, 囥 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 覕, 踮 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 覕 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 覕 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 覕 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 覕 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 覕 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 覕 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 覕 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 覕 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 覕 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 覕 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 逃 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 踮, 覕 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 踮, 覕 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 踮, 覕 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 踮 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 逃 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 逃 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 囥, 𨒃, 迓 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 𨒃, 匽, 迓 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 迓 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 幽 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 埋, 縮, 躲 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 幽 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 幽 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 躲 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 躲 |

#### Compounds

* 什襲珍藏 / 什袭珍藏
* 伏藏
* 保藏 (bǎocáng)
* 儲藏 / 储藏 (chǔcáng)
* 典藏 (diǎncáng)
* 典藏本
* 冬藏
* 冰藏
* 冷藏 (lěngcáng)
* 冷藏倉庫 / 冷藏仓库
* 冷藏室
* 冷藏庫 / 冷藏库 (lěngcángkù)
* 冷藏法
* 冷藏船
* 冷藏車 / 冷藏车 (lěngcángchē)
* 冷藏間 / 冷藏间
* 剖腹藏珠
* 包藏 (bāocáng)
* 包藏禍心 / 包藏祸心 (bāocáng-huòxīn)
* 匿影藏形 (nìyǐngcángxíng)
* 含垢藏疾
* 善刀而藏
* 埋藏 (máicáng)
* 多藏厚亡
* 守藏
* 庋藏
* 庫藏 / 库藏
* 待價藏珠 / 待价藏珠
* 慢藏誨盜 / 慢藏诲盗
* 捉迷藏 (zhuō mícáng)
* 掩瑕藏疾
* 掩罪藏惡 / 掩罪藏恶
* 掩藏 (yǎncáng)
* 摧藏
* 收藏 (shōucáng)
* 收藏品 (shōucángpǐn)
* 收藏家 (shōucángjiā)
* 斂藏 / 敛藏
* 昂藏 (ángcáng)
* 暗藏 (àncáng)
* 暗藏玄機 / 暗藏玄机
* 東藏西躲 / 东藏西躲
* 東躲西藏 / 东躲西藏 (dōngduǒxīcáng)
* 正法眼藏
* 歸藏 / 归藏
* 油藏
* 深藏
* 深藏不露 (shēncángbùlòu, shēncángbùlù)
* 深藏若虛 / 深藏若虚
* 深藏遠遁 / 深藏远遁
* 潛藏 / 潜藏 (qiáncáng)
* 烹犬藏弓
* 特藏
* 珍藏 (zhēncáng)
* 珍藏密斂 / 珍藏密敛
* 用舍行藏
* 用行舍藏
* 瞵視昂藏 / 瞵视昂藏
* 知來藏往 / 知来藏往
* 礦藏 / 矿藏 (kuàngcáng)
* 私心藏奸
* 私藏
* 秋收冬藏
* 空藏瓶
* 窖藏
* 窩藏 / 窝藏 (wōcáng)
* 笑裡藏刀 / 笑里藏刀 (xiàolǐcángdāo)
* 納垢藏汙 / 纳垢藏污
* 臥虎藏龍 / 卧虎藏龙 (wòhǔcánglóng)
* 苞藏
* 苞藏禍心 / 苞藏祸心
* 蓋藏 / 盖藏
* 藏不住
* 藏之名山
* 藏匿 (cángnì)
* 藏品 (cángpǐn)
* 藏器待時 / 藏器待时
* 藏垢懷恥 / 藏垢怀耻
* 藏垢納污 / 藏垢纳污 (cánggòunàwū)
* 藏奸 (cángjiān)
* 藏嬌 / 藏娇
* 藏室史
* 藏幸
* 藏形
* 藏形匿影
* 藏怒
* 藏悶兒 / 藏闷儿 (cángmēnr)
* 藏愚
* 藏拙 (cángzhuó)
* 藏掖 (cángyē)
* 藏掩
* 藏掖兒 / 藏掖儿
* 藏擫 / 藏𢬍
* 藏書 / 藏书 (cángshū)
* 藏書票 / 藏书票 (cángshūpiào)
* 藏機 / 藏机
* 藏汙納垢 / 藏污纳垢 (cángwūnàgòu)
* 藏活
* 藏矇歌兒 / 藏蒙歌儿
* 藏私
* 藏精器
* 藏舟難固 / 藏舟难固
* 藏蓄
* 藏藏躲躲
* 藏詞 / 藏词
* 藏諸名山 / 藏诸名山
* 藏貓兒 / 藏猫儿 (cáng māor)
* 藏蹤 / 藏踪 (cángzōng)
* 藏身 (cángshēn)
* 藏躲 (cángduǒ)
* 藏針縫 / 藏针缝
* 藏鉤 / 藏钩
* 藏鋒 / 藏锋 (cángfēng)
* 藏鋒斂鍔 / 藏锋敛锷
* 藏頭亢腦 / 藏头亢脑
* 藏頭漏影 / 藏头漏影
* 藏頭露尾 / 藏头露尾 (cángtóulùwěi)
* 藏風聚氣 / 藏风聚气
* 藏鬮 / 藏阄
* 藏龍臥虎 / 藏龙卧虎 (cánglóngwòhǔ)
* 蘊藏 / 蕴藏 (yùncáng)
* 行藏 (xíngcáng)
* 被褐藏輝 / 被褐藏辉
* 話裡藏鬮 / 话里藏阄
* 貲藏 / 赀藏
* 貯藏 / 贮藏 (zhùcáng)
* 貯藏室 / 贮藏室
* 躲藏 (duǒcáng)
* 躲躲藏藏
* 躲迷藏 (duǒmícáng)
* 迷藏 (mícáng)
* 退藏於密 / 退藏于密
* 遁藏
* 遮藏 (zhēcáng)
* 金屋藏嬌 / 金屋藏娇 (jīnwūcángjiāo)
* 金甌藏名 / 金瓯藏名
* 鐵雲藏龜 / 铁云藏龟
* 鑑藏印 / 鉴藏印
* 閉口藏舌 / 闭口藏舌
* 隱介藏形 / 隐介藏形
* 隱藏 / 隐藏 (yǐncáng)
* 隱跡藏名 / 隐迹藏名
* 露尾藏頭 / 露尾藏头
* 韞櫝而藏 / 韫椟而藏
* 韞櫝藏珠 / 韫椟藏珠
* 高舉深藏 / 高举深藏
* 魚藏劍 / 鱼藏剑
* 鳥盡弓藏 / 鸟尽弓藏 (niǎojìngōngcáng)
* 鹽藏品 / 盐藏品

### Etymology 2

Departing tone derivative of etymology 1.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): zàng (zang$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄗㄤˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zang$^4$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zong$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): dong$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhong
    (Meixian, Guangdong): cong$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): câung
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zorng$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chōng / chn̄g
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zang$^6$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): zang$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zan; $^6$zaon
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zàng
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄤˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zàng
*** Wade–Giles: tsang$^4$
*** Yale: dzàng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzanq
*** Palladius: цзан (czan)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɑŋ⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: zang$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zang
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡saŋ²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zong$^6$
*** Yale: johng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzong$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zong$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɔːŋ²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: dong$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɔŋ³²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhong
*** Hakka Romanization System: cong
*** Hagfa Pinyim: cong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: cong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɔŋ⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: câung
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɑuŋ²⁴²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zorng$^5$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cō̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɒŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chōng
*** Tâi-lô: tsōng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zong
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔŋ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔŋ³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔŋ²²/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chn̄g
*** Tâi-lô: tsn̄g
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zng
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sŋ̍⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sŋ̍²²/
* Xiamen, Quanzhou:
** chōng - literary;
** chn̄g - vernacular (e.g., 牽藏 / 牵藏).
* Middle Chinese: dzangH
Rime :
| Character | 藏 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 從 (15) |
| Final (韻) | 唐 (101) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 徂浪切 |
| Baxter | dzangH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡zɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡zɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡zɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡zaŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡zɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡zɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /d͡zʱɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zàng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zong$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-tsʰˤaŋ-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*zaːŋs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 藏 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zàng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dzang$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*m-tsʰˁaŋ-s/ |
| English | store, repository (n.) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 藏 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 10284 |
| Phonetic component | 爿 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 藏 |
| Old Chinese | /*zaːŋs/ |

#### Definitions

藏
* depository, repository; storage, treasury
* Buddhist or Taoist scriptures
* Original form of 臟／脏 (zàng, “internal organs”).
* (literary) to bury
* (literary) burial ground

##### Compounds

* 三藏 (sānzàng)
* 三藏法師 / 三藏法师 (Sānzàngfǎshī)
* 中藏 (zhōngzàng)
* 儒藏 (rúzàng)
* 冢藏
* 唐三藏 (Tángsānzàng)
* 地藏 (dìzàng)
* 地藏寺
* 地藏王
* 地藏菩薩 / 地藏菩萨 (Dìzàng Púsà)
* 壽藏 / 寿藏
* 大藏經 / 大藏经 (Dàzàngjīng)
* 寶藏 / 宝藏 (bǎozàng)
* 帑藏
* 形藏
* 律藏
* 法藏
* 無盡藏 / 无尽藏
* 牽藏 / 牵藏
* 經藏 / 经藏 (jīngzàng)
* 胎藏界
* 藏經 / 藏经
* 藏經洞 / 藏经洞
* 論藏 / 论藏
* 道藏 (dàozàng)
* 釋藏 / 释藏
* 龍藏 / 龙藏
* 龍藏寺碑 / 龙藏寺碑

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Tibetan གཙང (gtsang).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zàng (zang$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄗㄤˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zong$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): dong$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhong
    (Meixian, Guangdong): cong$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): câung
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zorng$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chōng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zang$^6$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): zang$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zan; $^6$zaon
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zàng
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄤˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zàng
*** Wade–Giles: tsang$^4$
*** Yale: dzàng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzanq
*** Palladius: цзан (czan)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɑŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zong$^6$
*** Yale: johng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzong$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zong$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɔːŋ²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: dong$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɔŋ³²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhong
*** Hakka Romanization System: cong
*** Hagfa Pinyim: cong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: cong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɔŋ⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: câung
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɑuŋ²⁴²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zorng$^5$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cō̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɒŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chōng
*** Tâi-lô: tsōng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zong
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔŋ²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔŋ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔŋ²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔŋ³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔŋ³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zang$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsăng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡saŋ³⁵/
** (Leizhou)
*** Leizhou Pinyin: zang$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡saŋ³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$zan; $^6$zaon
*** MiniDict: zan$^去$; zaon$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$zan; $^3$zaan
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zã²³/, /zɑ̃²³/
* Middle Chinese: dzangH
Rime :
| Character | 藏 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 從 (15) |
| Final (韻) | 唐 (101) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 徂浪切 |
| Baxter | dzangH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡zɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡zɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡zɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡zaŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡zɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡zɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /d͡zʱɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zàng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zong$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*zaːŋs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 藏 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 10284 |
| Phonetic component | 爿 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 藏 |
| Old Chinese | /*zaːŋs/ |

#### Definitions

藏
* Tibetan (people)
* Short for 西藏 (Xīzàng, “Tibet”).

#### Compounds

* 中藏 (Zhōngzàng)
* 後藏 / 后藏 (Hòuzàng)
* 海西蒙古族藏族自治州
* 漢藏 / 汉藏 (hàn-zàng)
* 漢藏語系 / 汉藏语系 (Hàn-Zàng yǔxì)
* 藏人 (Zàngrén)
* 藏傳佛教 / 藏传佛教 (Zàngchuán Fójiào)
* 藏劇 / 藏剧 (zàngjù)
* 藏北 (Zàngběi)
* 藏北高原
* 藏南 (Zàngnán)
* 藏南縱谷 / 藏南纵谷
* 藏學 / 藏学 (zàngxué)
* 藏學家 / 藏学家 (zàngxuéjiā)
* 藏戲 / 藏戏 (zàngxì)
* 藏文 (Zàngwén)
* 藏族 (Zàngzú)
* 藏族人
* 藏旱獺 / 藏旱獭
* 藏曆 / 藏历 (zànglì)
* 藏獒 (Zàng'áo)
* 藏獨 / 藏独 (Zàngdú)
* 藏紅花 / 藏红花 (zànghónghuā)
* 藏緬語 / 藏缅语 (zàngmiǎnyǔ)
* 藏緬語族 / 藏缅语族 (Zàng-Miǎn yǔzú)
* 藏羚
* 藏羚羊 (zànglíngyáng)
* 藏茴香果
* 藏藍 / 藏蓝
* 藏語 / 藏语 (Zàngyǔ)
* 藏象
* 藏醫 / 藏医 (zàngyī)
* 藏雀
* 藏雪雀
* 藏雪雞 / 藏雪鸡 (zàngxuějī)
* 藏青 (zàngqīng)
* 藏青果 (zàngqīngguǒ)
* 藏青色
* 藏香
* 藏馬雞 / 藏马鸡
* 藏鵐 / 藏鹀
* 藏黃雀 / 藏黄雀
* 西藏 (Xīzàng)
* 西藏佛教
* 西藏地方
* 西藏路 (Xīzànglù)

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhàng
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Kinmen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhàng
*** Tâi-lô: tshàng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhaxng
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰaŋ²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰaŋ¹¹/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sʰaŋ¹²/

#### Definitions

藏
* (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to stuff; to cram; to squeeze into
* (Zhangzhou, Kinmenese and Taiwanese Hokkien, Zhao'an Hakka) to hide

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 收藏, 藏$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 藏$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 藏$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 藏$_1$ |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 藏$_1$ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 抬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 撿, 收, 藏$_1$ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 收 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 藏$_1$ |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 收, 藏$_1$, 囥 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 藏$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 收, 收埋, 摒, 摒埋 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 收, 收埋, 摒, 摒埋 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 摒 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 摒 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 摒 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 收 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 收埋 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 弆 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 囥 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 摒 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 摒 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 摒 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 摒 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 摒 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 摒 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 囥 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 囥 |
| Hakka | Changting | 摒 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 摒 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 摒 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 摒 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 摒 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 囥 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 摒 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 囥 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 囥 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 囥 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 藏$_4$ |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 摒 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 摒 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 囥 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 抬掇, 抬 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 囥 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 囥 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 囥 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 囥 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 囥, 藏$_4$ |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 藏$_4$ |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 藏 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 囥 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 囥 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 囥 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 囥 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 囥 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 囥 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 囥 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 囥 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 囥 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 囥 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 囥 |
| Wu | Danyang | 囥 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 囥 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 囥 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 囥 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 囥 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 弆 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 收 |

#### Compounds

* 藏水沬
* 藏沬

### References

* “藏”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03579

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 蔵 |
| Kyūjitai | 藏 |

### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 蔵)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Readings

* Go-on: ぞう (zō)
* Kan-on: そう (sō)
* Kun: くら (kura, 藏)、かくれる (kakureru, 藏れる)、おさめる (osameru, 藏める)

## Korean
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [t͡ɕa̠ŋ]
* Phonetic hangul: [장]

### Hanja

Wikisource 藏 • (jang) (hangeul 장)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

### Compounds

* 장사 (藏寺, jangsa)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

藏: Hán Nôm readings: tàng, tạng
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