庫
warehouse, storehouse
Readings
On'yomi
- コ
- ク
Kun'yomi
- くら
Meaning
庫 centers on a covered space for storing goods: a warehouse or storehouse where items are kept safe.
Most common words using 庫
20 of 143- 兵庫ひょうご
Hyogo (prefecture)
- 文庫ぶんこN1
library; book collection
- 倉庫そうこN2
storehouse; warehouse; godown
- 冷蔵庫れいぞうこN5
refrigerator; fridge
- 在庫ざいこN1
stock; inventory
- 金庫きんこN3
safe; strongbox; cashbox; vault; strongroom
- 車庫しゃこN2
garage; carport; depot (for trains, buses, etc.); shed; carbarn
- 冷凍庫れいとうこ
freezer
- 信用金庫しんようきんこ
credit union
- 宝庫ほうこ
treasury; treasure house; storehouse; repository
- 文庫本ぶんこぼんN1
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
- 格納庫かくのうこ
(aircraft) hangar
- 書庫しょこ
library; book storage; stack room
- 国庫こっこ
national treasury
- 入庫にゅうこ
warehousing; storing
- 貯蔵庫ちょぞうこ
storehouse; bunker; silo
- 公庫こうこ
finance corporation
- 出庫しゅっこ
delivery from a storehouse; shipping
- 武庫ぶこ
armory; armoury
- 三菱倉庫みつびしそうこ
Mitsubishi Logistics Corporation
Study
Etymology
庫 combines 广 (building with a roof) and 車 (vehicle), originally referring to a garage or shed for chariots, later extended to any storehouse.
Meaning mnemonic
Under a roof 广, a vehicle 車 is parked. Imagine a large garage-like warehouse where carts and goods are stored.
Reading mnemonic
For コ, picture a storehouse full of cocoa beans: cocoa -> コ, and the warehouse keeps them safe.