Definitions

(verb) to store up; to accumulate
(verb) to grow (e.g. beard, hair)

Etymology phono-semantic

plant

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About

The character "蓄" structurally integrates the grass radical "艹" with the component "畜", which denotes livestock, etymologically pointing to the concrete act of storing fodder or provisions for animals. This original sense of accumulating agricultural materials gradually broadened to encompass the general amassing of resources, including wealth or water, and later expanded into abstract realms such as harboring emotions or cultivating personal qualities, illustrating a semantic evolution from physical storage to metaphorical preservation without significant alteration to its form.

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Example Sentences Hide

他储了很多钱。

Tā chǔxùle hěnduō qián.

He saved a lot of money.

水库用于水。

Shuǐkù yòng yú xùshuǐ.

Reservoirs are used for storing water.

她决定长发。

Tā juédìng xù chángfà.

She decided to grow long hair.

他在养花草。

Tā zài xùyǎng huācǎo.

He is raising flowers and plants.

意破坏是违法的。

Xùyì pòhuài shì wéifǎ de.

Deliberate destruction is illegal.

公司积了大量资源。

Gōngsī xùjīle dàliàng zīyuán.

The company has accumulated a large amount of resources.

谋已久,终于行动了。

Tā xùmóu yǐ jiǔ, zhōngyú xíngdòngle.

He had plotted for a long time and finally took action.

通过储和投资,他积累了财富。

Tōngguò chǔxù hé tóuzī, tā jīlěile cáifù.

Through saving and investing, he accumulated wealth.