苍

cāng

dark blue

surname Cang; deep green; ash-gray

grass (艹) + cāng sound (仓) = deep blue-green of nature

The grass radical anchors the color sense — think of the dark, saturated green of dense vegetation or the deep blue-gray of a stormy sky. 仓 mainly lends the sound cāng and does not carry the color meaning.

艹+仓→苍
仓GranaryPhonetic
艹GrassSemantic

天空是苍蓝色的,非常好看。

tiān kōng shì cāng lán sè de, fēi cháng hǎo kàn。

The sky is a dark blue color, very beautiful.

他的头发已经变得苍白,看起来老了很多。

tā de tóu fa yǐ jīng biàn de cāng bái, kàn qǐ lái lǎo le hěn duō。

His hair has already turned ash-gray, making him look much older.

Words with 苍

苍凉

cāng liáng

desolate

苍茫

cāng máng

boundless

苍生

cāng shēng

(area where) vegetation grows

上苍

shàng cāng

heaven

夜色苍茫

yè sè cāng máng

gathering dusk

旺苍

wàng cāng

Wangcang county in Guangyuan 廣元|广元[Guang3 yuan2], Sichuan

旺苍县

wàng cāng xiàn

Wangcang county in Guangyuan 廣元|广元[Guang3 yuan2], Sichuan

暮色苍茫

mù sè cāng máng

the hazy dusk of twilight (idiom)

没头苍蝇

méi tóu cāng ying

see 無頭蒼蠅|无头苍蝇[wu2 tou2 cang1 ying5]

无头苍蝇

wú tóu cāng ying

headless fly (a metaphor for sb who is rushing around frantically)

白衣苍狗

bái yī cāng gǒu

lit. (cloud shapes) changing from a white shirt to a gray dog (idiom)

白云苍狗

bái yún cāng gǒu

lit. a white cloud transforms into what looks like a gray dog (idiom)

More characters with 艹

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