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貯 means 'savings'

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Strokes : 12    Frequency: 1576   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-20    Grade: 4   Intermediate lesson: 53    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 39 words   Used in 55 words   Used in 185 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
On
   チョ
Kun   める to save   たくわえる to store
⿰   shellfish   calm  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 貯 is used 4 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 貯 is used 55 times, read 3 ways.
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1. putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank)
2. accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank  (baseball term)
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める : 4 words FIND ALL
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be saved up (e.g. money)
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たくわえる : 2 words FIND ALL
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Most common form: 蓄える
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to store; to lay in stock
2. to have a beard; to grow a beard
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Henshall: 572 (originally: 546)  Joy o' Kanji : 546  Key to Kanji: 744 

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チョ    savings   
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calm   
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チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
roof   
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
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