贮

貯
zhù
#2,818 most
frequent character
to store, to save, stockpile

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

贮 has 㝉 a storage box as both a picture and sound part, and 贝 shell money as a picture part. The picture is a box for keeping valuables, so it first meant a storage box. That grew to store or save, and then a stockpile.

Drawn as: a storage box; shell money

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Homophones

HSK 1
住zhù
to live, to dwell, to stay
HSK 3
祝zhù
invoke, pray to, wish
驻zhù
station, resident, stationed
筑zhù
to build, to construct, to ram
注zhù
to register, to annotate, note
柱zhù
pillar

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