贮 (zhù): to store, to save, stockpile

贮 (zhù) is a Chinese character meaning “to store.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 贝 (structural). It ranks #2648 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 贮 money 贝 kept under one 一 roof 宀. Its radical form 贝 (shell) appears in many related characters such as 贵 (guì, abbr. for Guizhou Province 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]), 负 (fù, to bear), 责 (zé, responsibility).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 贝 shell8 strokesFrequency #2648贝 structural

Definitions

  1. to store
  2. to save
  3. stockpile

Etymology & Origin

贮

ideographicMoney 贝 kept under one 一 roof 宀

Decomposition: ⿰贝⿱宀一 (layout: left-right)

Components:贝structural

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
贮藏zhù cángto store up
贮存zhù cúnto store
贮备zhù bèito store
贮水处zhù shuǐ chùreservoir
贮存管zhù cún guǎnstorage container for liquid or gas
贮存器zhù cún qìstorage device (computing)
贮木场zhù mù chǎnglumber yard
贮物zhù wùstorage
贮热zhù rèto conserve heat
青贮qīng zhùsilage
积贮jī zhùto stockpile
11
Total compounds
82
As first character
18
As last character
0
As middle character

贮 appears in 11 compound words: 82 as the first character, 18 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 贮 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

存cún
0.5295,532 co-occurrences
唾tuò
0.488126 co-occurrences
饲sì
0.472168 co-occurrences
煤méi
0.467558 co-occurrences
藏zàng
0.4541,686 co-occurrences
箱xiāng
0.441516 co-occurrences
桶tǒng
0.430168 co-occurrences
舱cāng
0.423204 co-occurrences
掌zhǎng
0.422600 co-occurrences
鱼yú
0.421468 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

老师教我们贮字的发音和笔顺。

lǎo shī jiào wǒ men zhù zì de fā yīn hé bǐ shùn .

The teacher taught us the pronunciation and stroke order of the character "贮."

Character Family

贝 Radical Family — Characters sharing the shell radical

败bài贝bèi财cái费fèi负fù贵guì货huò赢yíng责zé资zī

Related Characters

贵guì负fù责zé费fèi资zī赢yíng贝bèi财cái败bài货huò

Homophones — Characters pronounced zhù

珠zhū猪zhū竹zhú逐zhú主zhǔ住zhù助zhù注zhù祝zhù著zhù

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 贮 (zhù) mean in Chinese?
贮 (zhù) primarily means "to store." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #2648 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 贮 have?
贮 is written with 8 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 贮?
The radical associated with 贮 is 贝 (shell). This radical appears in many characters related to shell.
What are the components of 贮?
贮 is composed of: 贝 (structural), undefined (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰贝⿱宀一 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 贮?
Common words with 贮 include: 贮藏 (zhù cáng, "to store up"); 贮存 (zhù cún, "to store"); 贮备 (zhù bèi, "to store"); 贮水处 (zhù shuǐ chù, "reservoir"); 贮存管 (zhù cún guǎn, "storage container for liquid or gas"). There are over 11 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 贮 (zhù)?
Several characters share the pronunciation zhù: 珠 (bead), 猪 (hog), 竹 ((bound form) bamboo), 逐 (chase, one by one), and 6 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 贮 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 贮 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.