貯 means savings
store, lay in, keep, wear mustache
Shells stored under a roof: savings.
On'yomi
- チョcho
Kun'yomi
- た(める)tameru
- たくわ(える)takuwaeru
How it's built
- 貝shell
- 宁
Common words
- 貯金ちょきんputting money aside; savings
- 郵貯ゆうちょpostal (post-office) savings (deposit)
- 貯水ちょすいstorage of water
- 貯蔵ちょぞうstorage; preservation