Chinese Word: 沧 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

沧 (Trad.: 滄)HSK 6

Pinyin: cāng

English Definition: blue-green or azure (of water); vast (of water); cold

Chinese Definition:
①暗绿色(指水)：沧海。沧浪。沧海遗珠(喻被埋没的人才)。沧海桑田。沧海一粟。
②寒，冷：“日初出，沧沧凉凉，及其日中，如探汤”。

Total strokes: 7; Radical: 水

Pictophonetic:仓 indicates the sound; 氵 (water) conveys the meaning.

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Similar Characters: 伧枪抢

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沧桑	cāng sāng	great changes; ups and downs; vicissitudes; abbr. of 沧海桑田
沧海桑田	cāng hǎi sāng tián	lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom); fig. the transformations of the world
饱经沧桑HSK 6	bǎo jīng cāng sāng	having lived through many changes
曾经沧海	céng jīng cāng hǎi	lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom); fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life
沧海一粟	cāng hǎi yī sù	a drop in the ocean (idiom)