儲
be profitable, yield profit
Readings
On'yomi
- チョ
Kun'yomi
- もう.ける
- もう.かる
- もうけ
- たくわ.える
Meaning
儲 centers on gaining financial benefit: being profitable, yielding profit, or accumulating wealth. The idea extends naturally to storing up or saving resources.
Most common words using 儲
20 of 23- 儲けもうけN1
profit; earnings
- 儲かるもうかるN3
to be profitable; to yield a profit
- 金儲けかねもうけN1
moneymaking; earning money
- 儲けるもうけるN3
to profit; to get; to earn; to gain
- 大儲けおおもうけ
large profit; a killing
- 儲しんじゃ
fanboy; fanatic; superfan
- 丸儲けまるもうけ
clear profit; great profit (without any investment)
- くたびれ儲けくたびれもうけ
waste of effort; thankless task
- ボロ儲けぼろもうけ
easy money; easy gain; making a killing
- 一儲けひともうけ
making money; making a profit
- 儲かりまっかもうかりまっか
Are you making money?
- 儲け主義もうけしゅぎ
moneymaking orientation
- 儲け付くでもうけづくで
for investment; to make money
- 儲け口もうけぐち
profitable job; way to make a fast buck
- 儲け役もうけやく
lucrative position
- 儲け物もうけもの
good bargain; (a) find; godsend; (a) steal
- 儲け話もうけばなし
(talk of a) moneymaking scheme; moneymaking idea; get-rich-quick proposal
- 儲位ちょい
heirship
- 坊主丸儲けぼうずまるもうけ
a monk's earnings are pure profit (due to needing no capital and having no expenses)
- 嫌儲けんちょ
shady online money-making
Study
Etymology
儲 combines 亻 (person) with 諸, which likely contributes the sound and may relate to the idea of many or various, suggesting a person accumulating many things for profit.
Meaning mnemonic
A person 亻 beside 諸 (many/various) suggests someone gathering many things to turn a profit. Picture a merchant surrounded by various goods, all yielding profit.
Reading mnemonic
For チョ, imagine a person choosing the most profitable goods: choose -> チョ, and the person 亻 beside 諸 is carefully selecting what will yield profit.