Meaning
dark blue; fly; musca; deep green
Chinese: 青色或灰白色，也表示苍老。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “cang” becomes a different word in each tone. 苍 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 苍白cāng báipale; wan
- 苍蝇cāng yinghousefly
- 上苍shàng cāngHeaven; God
- 苍生cāng shēng(area where) vegetation grows; the common people
- 苍天cāng tiānfirmament
Example Sentence
一望无际的草原上，苍鹰在天空盘旋。Yí wàng wú jì de cǎo yuán shàng, cāng yīng zài tiān kōng pán xuán.Over the boundless grassland, a hawk circles in the sky.
一望无际Yí wàng wú jìas far as the eye can see 的deof草原cǎo yuángrassland上shàngon，苍cāngdark blue鹰yīngeagle在zàiat天空tiān kōngsky盘旋pán xuánto spiral。