藏
cáng · HSK 6
conceal
🫥 cáng sounds like 'gone' — hidden away, gone from sight
藏 means to hide or store away. The mandarin 'cáng' echoes the english 'gone', a verbal hook for something concealed. Also read 'zàng' meaning treasury or Tibet (西藏), since hidden things often = treasure.
藏 — grass radical 艹 + 臧 (phonetic)
A semantic-phonetic compound. The grass radical 艹 on top suggests plants or vegetation used for concealment, while 臧 below provides the sound. Originally meant to hide or conceal something in the grass, later extended to mean 'store' or 'collect,' and when read 'zàng' it means a treasury or storehouse.