zhù

store

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
贝 meaning component

  Meaning component

bèi

  

sea shell

㝉 sound,iconic component

  Sound Iconic component

zhù

  

storage container

Depicts a container for storing things.

Evolution

贮 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
贮 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
贮 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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zhù

store, stockpile, hoard; to store; to save; stockpile; Taiwan pr. [zhǔ]

Most common words with 贮
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to store

贮藏

to store up

贮存

to store

贮备

to store

贮木场

lumber yard

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

2824th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Traditional

Unicode

U+8D2E


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