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Kanji Detail for 儲 - "be profitable, yield profit"

儲

  • Meaning

    儲 means "be profitable, yield profit."

    1. Profit - Gains; earnings; benefits.

    2. Store - To accumulate; to save up.

    3. Reserve - A backup; a spare.

    4. Heir - A successor; one who inherits position.

  • Words using 儲

    • 儲け もうけ Listen profit; earnings; stroke of luck
    • 儲かる もうかる Listen to be profitable; to yield a profit
    • 儲ける もうける Listen to profit; to get; to earn
    • 金儲け かねもうけ Listen moneymaking; earning money

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    • Verified meaning: be profitable, yield profit
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ちゆ, ちよ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 儲

    Surnames 儲(ちゆ)Listen 儲(ちよ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    be profitable; yield profit

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    to save money, store, reserve; an heir

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Chu; Taiwan pr. [Chu2]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to save money, to store, to reserve; heir

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To accumulate. Such as 儲蓄, meaning storing little by little to accumulate much. | Deputy. The crown prince is called 儲君, meaning the deputy to the ruler.

  • Onyomi

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    cho(チョ) チョ

  • Kunyomi

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    mou.karu(もう-かる) もう-かる

    mouke(もう-け) もう-け

    moukeru(もう-ける) もう-ける

    takuwa.eru(たくわ-える) たくわ-える

  • Strokes

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    18 strokes

  • Radical

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    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    store reserve heir gain prepare profit accumulate save surplus wealth earnings income revenue benefit prosperity spare backup growth

Sentences including 儲

  • He thinks only of making money.

  • She thinks of nothing but making money.

  • They did everything in order to make money.

  • I made a lot of money on the side.

  • Soon gotten soon spent.

  • To make money is not the purpose of life.

  • He thinks of nothing but making money.

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