庫 means “storehouse, warehouse”

こ · ko

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

くら

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

コ, ク

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The story

A roof (广) over a chariot (車): 庫 first meant the shed where war chariots were kept. Now it is any storehouse: 車庫 is a garage, 金庫 a safe, 倉庫 a warehouse, and 冷蔵庫, "cold storehouse," is the fridge.

Used in 冷蔵庫 (reizouko, refrigerator), 倉庫 (souko, warehouse), and 車庫 (shako, garage)

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