Meaning & readings

warehouse, storehouse

On’yomi コ、ク
Kun’yomi くら

Origin

This character combines two meaningful parts to represent a warehouse. The left component 广 represents a shelter or building structure, while the right component means vehicle or cart. Together, they suggest a building designed to store things that arrive by cart or vehicle—in other words, a storage facility or warehouse where goods are received and kept. The shape captures the practical purpose of such a place in an agricultural or commercial setting.

AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Compound ideographic (combined meanings).

10 strokes

Components

  • 广 radical top-left wrap
  • meaning part tarec

Common words

  • 金庫 きんこ safe; strongbox
  • 公庫 こうこ finance corporation
  • 国庫 こっこ national treasury
  • 在庫 ざいこ stock; inventory
  • 車庫 しゃこ garage; carport
  • 倉庫 そうこ storehouse; warehouse
  • 文庫 ぶんこ library; book collection
  • 宝庫 ほうこ treasury; treasure house

Reference

Strokes
10
Kangxi radical
53
Grade
Grade 3 (Kyōiku)
Frequency rank
#852 (newspapers)
Former JLPT
level 2
Unicode
U+05EAB