Memory phrase for the Kanji: 貯

貯

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Meaning savings, store

Pronunciation

CHO
takuwaeru

Explanation

Left: money 貝 (Image of a cone-shell 目 with two feelers/antennas 八), right: roof 宀, city block 丁

Mnemonic
 
The money for a roof (or a house?) in this city block has to be saved.

Radicals

貝 moneyshell a cowries-shell (used as money)
丁 nail, block of houses
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 Vocabulary

貯える たくわえる  save, store
貯金箱 ちょきんばこ  savings box, piggy bank, coin bank
貯金 ちょきん  (bank) savings
貯蓄 ちょちく  savings
貯蔵 ちょぞう  storage, preservation
貯水池 ちょすいち  water reservoir​

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