株
stocks, stump, shares, stock, counter for small plants
Readings
On'yomi
- シュ
Kun'yomi
- かぶ
Meaning
株 centers on a rooted base or unit: a tree stump, a plant stock, a share of stock, or a counter for plants. The common thread is something that grows from or is counted as a distinct rooted entity.
Most common words using 株
20 of 241- 株式会社かぶしきがいしゃ
stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK
- 株かぶN2
stock; share
- 株式かぶしきN2
share (in a company); stock
- 株主かぶぬしN1
shareholder; stockholder
- 株価かぶか
stock prices
- 持ち株もちかぶ
stock holdings; one's shares
- 切り株きりかぶ
tree stump; stubble (rice, etc.)
- 新株しんかぶ
new stock; new share; newly issued shares
- 古株ふるかぶ
old-timer; veteran; senior
- 株券かぶけん
stock certificate
- 菌株きんかぶ
(bacterial) strain
- 優先株ゆうせんかぶ
preferred stock; preference shares
- お株おかぶ
one's forte; strong point; specialty; speciality
- 株分けかぶわけ
root division
- 株式市場かぶしきしじょう
stock market
- 成長株せいちょうかぶ
growth stock; person with future promise
- 仕手株してかぶ
speculative stock
- 株屋かぶや
stockbroker
- 浮動株ふどうかぶ
floating stock
- おいちょ株おいちょかぶ
oicho-kabu (traditional gambling game)
Study
Etymology
株 combines 木 (tree) with 朱, which likely contributes the sound and may relate to a red stump or base. The character originally referred to a tree stump or root, and later extended to shares and counters.
Meaning mnemonic
A tree 木 with a red 朱 mark on its stump: that stump is the base from which new shoots grow, just like a stock or share.
Reading mnemonic
For シュ, imagine a shoe stuck on a stump: shoe -> シュ, and the stump is the base of the tree.