貯 – savings, store, lay in

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The kanji 貯 means savings, store, lay in, keep, wear mustache. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is チョ (cho); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is た.める、たくわ.える (tameru, takuwaeru). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 貝 (no. 154).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	チョ	cho
Kun’yomi	た.める	tameru
Kun’yomi	たくわ.える	takuwaeru

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: 貝 (Kangxi radical 154). Components: 一・貝・目・ハ・亅・宀.

Words using 貯

貯金ちょきんputting money aside貯蔵ちょぞうstorage貯蓄ちょちくsavings

Example sentences

彼女はお金をたくさん貯金している。

She put aside a lot of money.

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まさかのときに備えて貯蓄せよ。

Keep something for a rainy day.

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Kanji with the same radical

資費質賞負財買責販貿貨賛購貢賃貴

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