贮
zhù HSK7

store

Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 㝉 represents the sound. Simplified form of 貯.

Components

贝
贝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell
㝉
㝉 SoundIconic component
zhù storage container

Depicts a container for storing things.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

貯 store Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 宁 represents the sound.

Components

貝
貝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell
宁
宁 SoundIconic component
níng, nìng peaceful, (storage container)

Depicts a container for storing things.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangtaʔ
Unicodedjiǔ

說文解字

《說文》：“貯，積也。从貝，宁聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)