倉

Granary or storehouse; generally an enclosed space for bulk storage. In administrative or ritual contexts, typically denotes state reserves or strategic logistics.

While primarily a noun denoting the facility, it may function verbally to mean "to store" or "put away," where the place of storage stands in for the action.

In maritime contexts, distinguish between the concrete sense (the hold of a ship) and its use as a phonetic loan for 滄 (the deep blue sea). Note also the semantic proximity to 藏 ("to hide" or "to store").

Tang-period reading: *tsɑng tsɑng. Simplified variant: U+4ED3.