蒼 (cong1 | cang1) : dark green; ash white

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蒼

cong1

cang1

[1] [adj] dark green/blue
[2] [adj] ash white; grey; ashy
[3] [n] heaven; sky

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Stroke count: 14

Level: 2

Radical: 艸 (#140)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

蒼 / 苍

This word has been viewed 6992 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 13th Mar 2011 14:19

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蒼蠅 cong1 jing4*1 cang1 ying5 = the fly 國

蒼白 cong1 baak6 cang1 bai2 = pale; wan

蒼白的 cong1 baak6 dik1 cang1 bai2 de5 = [adj] ashen, ashy 國

蒼茫 cong1 mong4 cang1 mang2 = vast, boundless, indistinct

白髮蒼蒼 baak6 faat3 cong1 cong1 bai2 fa3 [TW]/ fa4 [PRC] cang1 cang1 = grey-haired; hoary-haired

水蒼玉 seoi2 cong1 juk6*2 shui3 cang1 yu4 = jasper

蒼天 cong1 tin1 cang1 tian1 = firmament, domain of the heavens

小蒼蘭 siu2 cong1 laan4 xiao3 cang1 lan2 = freesia

蒼溪 cong1 kai1 cang1 xi1 = Cangxi (place in Sichuan)

蒼南 cong1 naam4 cang1 nan2 = Cangnan (place in Zhejiang)
See all 15 compounds (CantoDict reports 13 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 蒼
Unicode code for this character: U+84bc (off-site link)

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