倉
godown, warehouse, storehouse, cellar, treasury
Readings
On'yomi
- ソウ
Kun'yomi
- くら
Meaning
倉 centers on a secure place for storing goods: a warehouse, storehouse, godown, cellar, or treasury. All meanings share the idea of a dedicated storage space.
Most common words using 倉
20 of 62- 倉庫そうこN2
storehouse; warehouse; godown
- 鎌倉かまくらN5
Kamakura (city)
- 倉敷くらしき
Kurashiki (city)
- 米倉こめぐら
rice granary
- 弾倉だんそう
magazine (for a firearm); cylinder (of a revolver)
- 矢倉やぐら
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
- 石倉いしぐら
stone-built storehouse
- 穀倉こくそう
granary
- 営倉えいそう
guardhouse; detention barracks
- 船倉せんそう
ship's hold; hatch
- いざ鎌倉いざかまくら
case that something major happens; event of an emergency; when it comes to the crunch
- 三菱倉庫みつびしそうこ
Mitsubishi Logistics Corporation
- 佐倉市立美術館さくらしりつびじゅつかん
Sakura City Museum of Art
- 保税倉庫ほぜいそうこ
bonded warehouse
- 倉主くらぬし
warehouse owner
- 倉卒そうそつ
hurried; hasty; busy; precipitate; sudden; abrupt
- 倉庫に納めるそうこにおさめる
to store in a warehouse
- 倉庫会社そうこがいしゃ
warehousing company
- 倉庫店そうこてん
warehouse-style store
- 倉庫業そうこぎょう
warehousing business
Study
Etymology
倉 is thought to combine a roof-like top with a storage area below, representing a granary or storehouse. The modern form preserves this general structure, though the exact historical development is uncertain.
Meaning mnemonic
The top 亼 looks like a roof, and the inside 口 suggests an enclosed space. Picture a roofed building with a secure room inside: that's a warehouse or storehouse.
Reading mnemonic
For ソウ, imagine a warehouse filled with sewing supplies: sew -> ソウ, and the storehouse keeps all the thread and fabric safe.