貯
savings, store, lay in, keep, wear mustache
Readings
On'yomi
- チョ
Kun'yomi
- た.める
- たくわ.える
Meaning
貯 centers on accumulating and holding onto resources for future use: saving money, storing goods, or keeping something in reserve. The 'wear mustache' gloss is an obscure, likely archaic or figurative extension of keeping something on one's person.
Most common words using 貯
20 of 64- 貯金ちょきんN4
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank)
- 貯めるためるN3
to save up (money)
- 貯まるたまるN3
to be saved up (of money)
- 貯蓄ちょちくN2
savings
- 貯蔵ちょぞうN2
storage; preservation; stocking; stockpiling
- 貯水ちょすい
storage of water
- 貯水池ちょすいち
reservoir
- 貯蔵庫ちょぞうこ
storehouse; bunker; silo
- 貯留ちょりゅう
accumulation (e.g. of water); retention; storage; collection; sequestration (e.g. of carbon dioxide)
- 預貯金よちょきん
deposits and savings; bank account
- 郵貯ゆうちょ
postal (post-office) savings (deposit)
- 貯金局ちょきんきょく
(Japanese) Postal Savings Bureau
- 貯金通帳ちょきんつうちょうN3
bank book; passbook
- エネルギー貯蔵エネルギーちょぞう
energy storage
- タバコ貯蔵箱タバコちょぞうばこ
humidor
- タンス貯金タンスちょきん
mattress money
- 中間貯蔵ちゅうかんちょぞう
interim storage (of radioactive waste); temporary storage
- 備荒貯蓄びこうちょちく
famine-relief fund
- 勤倹貯蓄きんけんちょちく
thrift and saving
- 地熱貯留層ちねつちょりゅうそう
geothermal reservoir
Study
Etymology
貯 combines 貝 (shell, money) with 宁, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of storing or accumulating. The exact historical development of 宁 is uncertain.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side 貝 represents money or valuables, and the right side 宁 looks like a storage container with a lid. Picture putting coins into a lidded jar to save them.
Reading mnemonic
For チョ, imagine a child (チョ as in ちょっと) putting coins into a piggy bank, saving a little at a time.