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Kotomora

蓄

amass, raise, hoard, store

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes13

Readings

On'yomi

  • チク

Kun'yomi

  • たくわ.える

Meaning

蓄 centers on gathering and keeping resources over time: amassing, storing, hoarding, or raising livestock as a form of accumulated wealth.

Most common words using 蓄

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  • 蓄積ちくせき
    N1

    accumulation; accumulate; store

  • 貯蓄ちょちく
    N2

    savings

  • 蓄えたくわえ

    store; reserve; stock; savings

  • 備蓄びちく

    stocking up (in case of emergency); stockpile; reserves; storing; laying in (supplies)

  • 蓄電池ちくでんち

    storage battery

  • 蓄えるたくわえる
    N2

    to store; to save up; to stock up on; to lay in stock; to set aside

  • 蓄電ちくでん

    storage of electricity

  • 蘊蓄うんちく

    great erudition; extensive knowledge; vast stock of knowledge

  • 蓄音機ちくおんき

    gramophone; phonograph

  • 蓄財ちくざい

    amassing of wealth

  • 蓄光ちっこう

    phosphorescence; luminescence

  • 含蓄がんちく

    implication; significance; connotation; depth of meaning; complications of a problem

  • 蓄熱ちくねつ

    heat reserve; thermal storage

  • 蓄膿症ちくのうしょう

    empyema

  • 備荒貯蓄びこうちょちく

    famine-relief fund

  • 備蓄品びちくひん

    stockpiled materials; stockpiled supplies

  • 備蓄米びちくまい

    stockpile rice (kept by the government to use as emergency provisions); reserved rice

  • 勤倹貯蓄きんけんちょちく

    thrift and saving

  • 含蓄のあるがんちくのある

    significant; full of meaning; pregnant (with meaning); suggestive

  • 家計貯蓄かけいちょちく

    household savings

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Etymology

蓄 combines 艹 (grass/plants) with 畜 (livestock), suggesting the idea of storing up plant matter or raising animals as accumulated resources.

Meaning mnemonic

Grass 艹 on top of livestock 畜: picture storing hay for animals, or raising livestock as a way to amass wealth.

Reading mnemonic

For チク, imagine a chick pecking at stored grain: chick -> チク, and the grain is being hoarded away.