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倉 — Godown

JLPT N110 strokesGrade 4#1114 most used
godown, warehouse, storehouse, cellar, treasury
On’yomiソウ (sou)
Kun’yomiくら (kura)

Stroke order (10 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Common words using 倉

WordReadingMeaning
倉庫そうこ
souko
storehouse; warehouse; godown
くら
kura
warehouse; storehouse; cellar
倉敷くらしき
kurashiki
Kurashiki (city); storage charges
米倉こめぐら
komegura
rice granary
鎌倉かまくら
kamakura
Kamakura (city)
穀倉こくそう
kokusou
granary

Study notes

倉 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 4), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #1114 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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