The word "仓颉" is formed by combining the character "仓", a pictograph resembling a granary with a roof and doors, meaning "warehouse", and "颉", which is composed of the phonetic component "吉" (jí) and the semantic radical "页" (yè), meaning "head", to create a character associated with elevation or prominence; together, they serve as the proper name for the legendary figure Cangjie, attributed with inventing Chinese characters.