贮存
zhù​cún

store

贮 zhù store Simplified

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

存 cún exist, keep

Phonosemantic compound. 子 represents the meaning and 才 represents the sound.

Components

子
子 Meaning component
zi, zǐ child
才
才 Sound component
cái, cai talent
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

荐

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzwon[dz]ˤə[n] exist

說文解字

《說文》：“存，恤問也。从子，才聲。”

Sources

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

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)