This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ゾウ、ソウ、くら、おさ.める、かく.れる
Romaji: zou, sou, kura, osa.meru, kaku.reru
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Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: くらし、くらん、くろう、さし、ざ、ろう
Romaji: kurashi, kuran, kurou, sashi, za, rou
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Meanings

storehouse, hide, own, have, possess

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  15
Radical Number:  140
Frequency:  468
Grade:  6
Skip Pattern:  2-3-12
Korean Reading:  jang
Chinese Reading:  zang4
Unicode:  8535
JIS:  4222

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2364
Nelson Index: 4042
New Nelson Index: 5182
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3k12.17
Four Corner Index: 4425.3
Guide to Remembering Index: 923
Gakken Index: 429
Japanese Names Index: 2424
Daikanwanjiten Index: 31885P
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.0985
Remembering the kanji Index: 850
Kanji Flashcards Index: 873
Kodansha Compact Index: 667
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 936
Kanji in Context Index: 1111
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1530
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2088
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 858
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 913
Essential Kanji Index: 779
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2995
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1959
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 833
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 986

Words

(くら)
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown; depository; treasury; elevator
所蔵 (しょぞう)
(in one's) possession
大蔵 (おおくら)
Ministry of Finance
武蔵 (むさし)
Musashi; historical region consisting of modern Tokyo, Saitama and eastern Kanagawa prefectures
忠臣蔵 (ちゅうしんぐら)
performance or narrative based on the story of the Forty-seven Ronin (esp. the Kanadehon Chushingura, an epic puppet play first performed in 1748)
(ぞう)
possession; ownership; (former) Ministry of Finance; Tibet; Tibetan people
内蔵 (ないぞう)
internal (e.g. disk); built-in; equipped (with)
地蔵 (じぞう)
Ksitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld) (travelers); Jizo
収蔵 (しゅうぞう)
garnering; collection
大蔵省 (おおくらしょう)
(former) Ministry of Finance (succeeded by zaimushou in 2000)
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