Chinese symbol for “barn”
仓
cāng
Traditional: 倉
barn; granary; storehouse; cabin
The closest CC-CEDICT match for barn is 仓 (cāng), defined as: barn; granary; storehouse; cabin; hold (in ship).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “barn”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 谷仓 (穀倉) | gǔ cāng | barn |
| 粮仓 (糧倉) | liáng cāng | granary; barn |
| 厩 (廄) | jiù | stable; barn |
| 廥 | kuài | barn; granary |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 仓.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 仓库 (倉庫) | cāng kù | depot; storehouse |
| 仓储 (倉儲) | cāng chǔ | to store in a warehouse |
| 仓促 (倉促) | cāng cù | all of a sudden; hurriedly |
| 粮仓 (糧倉) | liáng cāng | granary; barn |
| 仓鼠 (倉鼠) | cāng shǔ | hamster |
| 持仓 (持倉) | chí cāng | (finance) to hold one's securities (rather than selling them) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “barn”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.