存 – exist, suppose, be aware of

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The kanji 存 means exist, suppose, be aware of, believe, feel. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ソン、ゾン (son, zon); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ながら.える、あ.る、たも.つ、と.う (nagaraeru, aru, tamotsu, tou). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 子 (no. 39).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ソン	son
On’yomi	ゾン	zon
Kun’yomi	ながら.える	nagaraeru
Kun’yomi	あ.る	aru
Kun’yomi	たも.つ	tamotsu
Kun’yomi	と.う	tou

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 子 (Kangxi radical 39). Components: ｜・ノ・一・子.

Words using 存

ご存じごぞんじknowing存在そんざいexistence保存ほぞんpreservation生存せいぞんexistence存じるぞんじるto know存ずるぞんずるto know共存きょうぞんcoexistence依存いぞんdependence存続そんぞくcontinuance

Example sentences

ご存知だとは思いますが、クオーターしかつかえませんよ。

This only takes quarters, you know.

Tatoeba #217080

神は存在すると思いますか。

Do you believe that God exists?

Tatoeba #144904

私達は田舎の美しさを保存するべきだ。

We should preserve the beauties of the countryside.

Tatoeba #151393

Kanji with the same radical

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