資
assets, resources, capital, funds, data, be conducive to, contribute to
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
24 of 473- 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
Study
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.