What is the Kanji for "Store", "Accumulate", and "Amass"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Store", "Accumulate", and "Amass", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Store", "Accumulate", and "Amass" is "蓄".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Takuwa".

Its onyomi reading is "Chiku".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The kanji "畜" means "Livestock" and can be read as "Chiku". And The radical "艹" means "Grass" .

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "蓄" mean in japanese?

"蓄" means "Store", "Accumulate", and "Amass".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

蓄積: "Accumulation" or "Stockpile". The noun '蓄積 (ちくせき)' refers to the act of accumulating or building up something over time. It can mean the stockpiling or amassing of resources, knowledge, or data. For example: The company has a large accumulation of cash reserves - (その会社は多額の蓄積された現金を持っている). We need to focus on accumulating relevant data for our research project - (私たちのリサーチプロジェクトのために関連データを蓄積することに集中する必要がある).

貯蓄: "Savings". The Japanese noun '貯蓄 (ちょちく)' refers to the act of setting aside and accumulating money for future use. This can include money saved in a bank account, cash saved at home, or investments. '貯蓄' is an important concept in Japanese culture, as it is seen as a responsible and prudent way to manage one's finances. For example: I've been saving money in my bank account for the future - (私は将来のために銀行に貯蓄しています).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "ち" is read as "chi". The hiragana "く" is read as "ku". The hiragana "た" is read as "ta". And The hiragana "わ" is read as "wa".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.