Memory phrase for the Kanji: 貯


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Meaning

savings, store

Pronunciation

CHO
takuwaeru

Explanation

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

Mnemonic

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

Radicals

moneyshell a cowries-shell (used as money)
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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