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Kanji Detail for 貯 - "to store, to save"

貯

  • Meaning

    貯 means "to store, to save." Also associated with reserve.

    1. Save - To store; to accumulate.

    2. Store - To keep for future use.

    3. Reserve - To set aside.

  • Words using 貯

    • 貯金 ちょきん Listen putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank)
    • 郵貯 ゆうちょ Listen postal (post-office) savings (deposit)
    • 貯蔵 ちょぞう Listen storage; preservation; stocking
    • 預貯金 よちょきん Listen deposits and savings; bank account
    • 貯水 ちょすい Listen storage of water

  • Tattoo check: 貯

    • Verified meaning: to store, to save
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read おさむ)
    • Also carries these associations: reserve

    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 貯

    Surnames 貯(おさむ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    savings; store; lay in; keep; wear mustache

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    store, stockpile, hoard

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to store; to save; stockpile; Taiwan pr. [zhu3]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to store, to stockpile, to hoard

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

    To accumulate and store. Such as 貯蓄 (save up).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    cho(チョ) チョ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ta.meru(た-める) た-める

    takuwa.eru(たくわ-える) たくわ-える

  • Strokes

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    12 strokes

  • Radical

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    貝 (kai・kaihen・kogai)

  • Related Keywords

    save store reserve hoard accumulate savings amass collect conserve deposit gather keep pile up set aside stash stockpile

Sentences including 貯

  • He's saving up to go to college.

  • None of the money was left in the money box.

  • Mary is setting by money to go to japan.

  • She is saving her money with a view to taking a trip around the world.

  • I'm saving money for a car.

  • Put by money for the future.

  • He worked hard so as to save more money.

  • She put aside a lot of money.

  • He saved a lot of money.

  • She put away a good deal of money.

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