库 (kù): warehouse
库 (kù) is a Chinese character meaning “warehouse.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 广 (structural) and 车 (structural). It ranks #1096 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 库 a stable 广 where carriages 车 are parked. Its radical form 广 (shelter) appears in many related characters such as 床 (chuáng, bed), 店 (diàn, shop), 广 (guǎng, wide, broad).
Definitions
- warehouse
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA stable 广 where carriages 车 are parked
Decomposition: ⿸广车 (layout: surround-from-upper-left)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 库
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 数据库noun | shù jù kù | (computing) database |
| 巴库proper-noun | bā kù | Baku, capital of Azerbaijan |
| 金库noun | jīn kù | treasury |
| 资料库noun | zī liào kù | (Tw) (computing) database |
| 库克proper-noun | kù kè | Cook (name) |
| 库存noun | kù cún | property or cash held in reserve |
| 库房noun | kù fáng | storeroom |
| 宝库noun | bǎo kù | treasure-house |
| 国库noun | guó kù | national treasury |
| 机库noun | jī kù | (aircraft) hangar |
| 军火库 | jūn huǒ kù | arsenal |
| 库伦noun | kù lún | enclosed pasture (Mongolian loanword) |
| 血库noun | xuè kù | blood bank |
| 书库noun | shū kù | a store room for books |
| 库尔德proper-noun | kù ěr dé | Kurd |
库 appears in 100 compound words: 31 as the first character, 53 as the last, and 16 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 库 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (5)
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Showing 4 of 5 idioms containing 库.
Example Sentences
仓库里堆满了货物，需要尽快清理出货。
Cāngkù lǐ duīmǎn le huòwù, xūyào jǐnkuài qīnglǐ chū huò.
The warehouse is piled high with goods; they need to be shipped out as soon as possible.
有手机未求救 餐厅女员工陈尸冰库
yǒu shǒu jī wèi qiú jiù cān tīng nǚ yuán gōng chén shī bīng kù
There is a mobile phone that does not call for help, and the female employee of the restaurant is in the ice storage
嘉南冬季雨少 水库水位续下探
jiā nán dōng jì yǔ shǎo shuǐ kù shuǐ wèi xù xià tàn
There is little rain in Jianan in winter, and the water level of the reservoir continues to fall
...军最高将领泼冷水:“报告总统,我们的弹药库快空了”
. . . jūn zuì gāo jiāng lǐng pō lěng shuǐ bào gào zǒng tǒng , wǒ men de dàn yào kù kuài kōng le
... The top general of the army poured cold water: "Report to the president, our ammunition depot is almost empty"
DA Davidson因壁板去库存下调Louisiana-Pacific...
yīn bì bǎn qù kù cún xià diào . . .
DA Davidson downgraded Louisiana-Pacific due to siding destocking...
开工首日开金库 草屯农会发送2088瓶发财水
kāi gōng shǒu rì kāi jīn kù cǎo tún nóng huì fā sòng píng fā cái shuǐ
On the first day of construction, the treasury was opened and the Caotun Farmers Association sent 2,088 bottles of fortune water
暂时藏在仓库里好了。
Zànshí cáng zài cāngkù lǐ hǎo le.
Hide it inside the warehouse for now.
汤姆在仓库前等玛丽。
Tāngmǔ zài cāngkù qián děng Mǎlì.
Tom waited for Mary in front of the warehouse.
他禁止斯库拉再与易迪尔见面。
Tā jìnzhǐ Sīkùlā zài yǔ Yìdí'ěr jiànmiàn.
He forbade Skura from ever seeing Yidir.
亚尼跟斯库拉没空。
Yà ní gēn sī kù lā méi kōng.
Yanni and Skura are not available.
Character Family
广 Radical Family — Characters sharing the shelter radical
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