Onyomi: チョ · Kunyomi: た.める, たくわ.える · Meanings: keep, lay in, savings, store, wear mustache
Kanji for keep, lay in, savings, store, wear mustache
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貯 is made from the shell/money radical 貝 on the left, which represents money or valuables. On the right is 宁, which gives the feeling of something staying still or at rest. When money stays in one place and is not spent, it means you are storing or saving it. So 貯 came to mean to save or to store money.
貯 is money that stays still — saved instead of spent.
Imagine putting coins 貝 into a box and letting them rest there safely. That stored money is 貯.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 貯金 | ちょきん | putting money aside, savings, deposit (e.g. in a bank) | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb |
| 蓄える | たくわえる | to store, to save up, to stock up on, to lay in stock, to set aside | common JLPT-N2 Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 貯蓄 | ちょちく | savings | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb |
| 貯水池 | ちょすいち | reservoir | Noun |
| 蓄え | たくわえ | store, reserve, stock, savings | Noun |
| 貯蔵庫 | ちょぞうこ | storehouse, bunker, silo | Noun |
| 貯蔵 | ちょぞう | storage, preservation | common JLPT-N2 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 貯金箱 | ちょきんばこ | savings box, moneybox, piggy bank | Noun |
| 貯める | ためる | to save up (money) | Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 溜め込む | ためこむ | to save up, to stockpile, to stash away, to hoard, to amass, to salt away | Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb |
| 貯金通帳 | ちょきんつうちょう | bank book, passbook | Noun |
| 貯まる | たまる | to be saved up (of money) | Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 貯水 | ちょすい | storage of water | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb |
| 貯金局 | ちょきんきょく | (Japanese) Postal Savings Bureau | Noun |
| 貯水槽 | ちょすいそう | water tank | Noun |