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貯 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「貝」

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6Elementary year 5 ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「貝」
On
チョちょ · cho
Kun
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Meaning
to save up; store

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

貝 "money" plus 宁 "a stand for storing things"; money put away — hence "to save, store."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onチョちょcho貯蓄ちょちく貯金ちょきん貯水池ちょすいち

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 貯金ちょきん

    savings

  • 貯水池ちょすいち

    reservoir

More words with this kanji

  • 貯蓄ちょちく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

毎月(まいつき)すこしずつ貯金(ちょきん)している。

I save a little money every month.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

貯水池貯水池貯金貯水water池pond金gold財wealth貧poor責to bla…費expens…貿trade佇to sta…杼a shut…苧ramie迢far of…竚to sta…
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Compound

Map of radical 貝Map of reading チョAll maps

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