Hanja Analyzer
貯

貯 — jeo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
쌓을 저
Romanization
jeo
English
store, stockpile, hoard
Mandarin
zhù
Japanese on'yomi
チョ
Japanese kun'yomi
た.める たくわ.える
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 5
Newspaper frequency
#1,100 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Radical
貝 (154, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
宁(저)
Unicode
U+8CAF

Parts that make up 貯

  • 貝 조개 패 조개껍데기돈과 재물. 옛날에 조개를 돈으로 썼다
  • 宁 조회 받는 곳 저, 멈출 저sound 물건을 쌓아 두는 곳‘저·녕’ 계열의 소리

How 貯 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 貯 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 貝, 宁.

Korean example words with 貯

  • 저곡하다貯穀 Korean gloss: 곡식을 쌓아 두다
  • 저축하다貯蓄 Korean gloss: 절약하여 모아 두다
  • 저금하다貯金 Korean gloss: 금융 기관에 돈을 맡기다
  • 저양하다貯養 Korean gloss: 식물 따위가 양분을 저장하다
  • 저장하다貯藏 Korean gloss: 물건이나 재화 따위를 모아서 간수하다
  • 저탄하다貯炭 Korean gloss: 석탄, 숯 따위를 모아서 간수하여 두다
  • 저축액貯蓄額 Korean gloss: 저축한 돈의 액수
  • 저장원貯藏源 Korean gloss: 저장이 이루어지는 본바탕
  • 저축자貯蓄者 Korean gloss: 절약하여 모아 두는 사람
  • 저장물貯藏物 Korean gloss: 모아서 간수하고 있는 물건
  • 저장량貯藏量 Korean gloss: 모아서 간수할 수 있는 용량
  • 저축률貯蓄率 Korean gloss: 국민 소득에 대한 저축의 비율

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 貯

  • 貯金ちょきん putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank)
  • 貯蓄ちょちく savings
  • 郵貯ゆうちょ postal (post-office) savings (deposit)
  • 貯蔵ちょぞう storage; preservation; stocking
  • 預貯金よちょきん deposits and savings; bank account
  • 貯水ちょすい storage of water
  • 貯金局ちょきんきょく (Japanese) Postal Savings Bureau
  • 貯蔵庫ちょぞうこ storehouse; bunker; silo
  • 貯水池ちょすいち reservoir
  • 貯炭ちょたん storing coal; stored coal
  • 貯木ちょぼく stock of lumber; having lumber in store
  • 貯留ちょりゅう accumulation (e.g. of water); retention; storage

Characters sharing the phonetic 宁

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “저” in Korean.

Other hanja read “저”

Other hanja with radical 貝

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