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資

assets, resources, capital, funds, data, be conducive to, contribute to

JLPTN3StatusJōyō · grade 5FrequencyTop 200Strokes13

Readings

On'yomi

  • シ

Kun'yomi

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Nanori

  • すけ
  • もと

Meaning

資 centers on valuable things that can be used as a basis for action: financial assets, capital, or resources. The extended senses of data and contributing to something follow naturally from the idea of providing a foundation or input.

Most common words using 資

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  • 資金しきん
    N2

    funds; capital

  • 投資とうし
    N2

    investment

  • 資料しりょう
    N4

    material; materials; data; information; documents

  • 資格しかく
    N3

    qualifications; requirements; capabilities

  • 資産しさん
    N2

    property; fortune; means; assets

  • 資本しほん
    N3

    funds; capital

  • 資源しげん
    N3

    resources

  • 融資ゆうし
    N1

    financing; loan

  • 出資しゅっし

    investment; contribution; financing

  • 物資ぶっし
    N1

    goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies

  • 資材しざい

    (raw) material

  • 資質ししつ

    nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents

  • 外資がいし

    foreign capital (e.g. in a company); foreign investment

  • 資するしする

    to contribute; to play a part in; to have a hand in; to be conducive to; to be instrumental in

  • 原資げんし

    capital; principal

  • 資金繰りしきんぐり

    fundraising; financing; cash flow

  • 増資ぞうし

    increase of capital

  • 資源エネルギー庁しげんエネルギーちょう

    Agency of Natural Resources and Energy

  • 投融資とうゆうし

    investment and lending

  • 資本主義しほんしゅぎ
    N1

    capitalism

  • 社会資本しゃかいしほん

    social capital; SOC

  • 自己資本じこしほん

    net worth; owned capital

  • 資本金しほんきん
    N2

    capital stock

  • 固定資産こていしさん

    fixed assets

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Etymology

資 combines 次 (which here likely contributes the sound) with 貝 (shell, representing money or valuables), giving the idea of material wealth or resources.

Meaning mnemonic

The top 次 suggests a sequence or order, and the bottom 貝 is a shell (ancient money). Picture a pile of shells arranged in order—your assets and capital lined up as resources.

Reading mnemonic

For シ, imagine a sheaf of stock certificates representing your assets: sheaf -> シ, and those papers are your capital.