Dong Chinese dictionary

kù

armory

Simplified form of 庫. Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 車 represents the sound.

Components

广 Meaning component

yǎn, guǎng

roof

车 Sound component

chē, jū

vehicle

库 and 车 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.库 /*[k]ʰˤa-s/
车 /*[t.qʰ](r)A/, /*C.q(r)a/

Evolution

Bronze script

Early Warring States (~400 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

库 (庫)

kù

armory, treasury, storehouse; warehouse; storehouse; (file) library

Most common words with 库

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	库	warehouse
	仓库	depot
	数据库	database
	库存	stock
	车库	garage

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

Sources

MTSU Chinese text computing

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