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.

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天空是蓝色的,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

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)

白发苍苍

bái fà cāng cāng

old and gray-haired

皓首苍颜

hào shǒu cāng yán

white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom); decrepit old age

穹苍

qióng cāng

the sky

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