蔵

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 蔵, read くら, refers to a storehouse for belongings, grain, and similar items.
• Basic usage: It is used for buildings where old belongings are kept or rice is stored.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Tone compared with 倉庫
  • 倉庫 broadly refers to a warehouse or storage building. 蔵 often evokes a traditional household storehouse or an older storage building.
• Readings within words
  • This entry is read くら, but in 貯蔵, meaning storage, the character is read ぞう, making ちょぞう. The whole word determines the reading of the shared character.