貯
貯 — Savings
savings, store, lay in, keep, wear mustache
On’yomiチョ (cho)
Kun’yomiためる (tameru)
Kun’yomiたくわえる (takuwaeru)
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 貯
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 貯金 | ちょきん chokin | putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank) |
| 貯蓄 | ちょちく chochiku | savings |
| 郵貯 | ゆうちょ yuucho | postal (post-office) savings (deposit) |
| 貯蔵 | ちょぞう chozou | storage; preservation; stocking |
| 預貯金 | よちょきん yochokin | deposits and savings; bank account |
| 貯水 | ちょすい chosui | storage of water |
Study notes
貯 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 5), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #1100 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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