存 — Chinese character
存
cún
to exist; to survive, to maintain; to keep, to store; to deposit
- Pinyin
- cún
- Radical
- 39 ⼦ (Child)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 才 子
- Formation
- pictophonetic — seed; meaning component 子; sound component 才
- Japanese
- 存 as a kanji
Common words with 存
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 存在 | cún zài | to exist; to be |
| 生存 | shēng cún | to exist; to survive |
| 保存 | bǎo cún | to conserve; to preserve; to keep; to store; (computing) to save (a file etc) |
| 储存 (儲存) | chǔ cún | stockpile; to store |
| 存款 | cún kuǎn | to deposit money (in a bank etc); bank savings |
| 存储 (存儲) | cún chǔ | to store up; to stockpile |
| 现存 (現存) | xiàn cún | extant; existent |
| 库存 (庫存) | kù cún | property or cash held in reserve; stock; inventory |
| 内存 (內存) | nèi cún | internal storage; computer memory |
| 幸存者 (倖存者) | xìng cún zhě | survivor |
| 存放 | cún fàng | to deposit; to store |
| 存活 | cún huó | to survive (a serious accident); survival |
English words written with 存
存 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 4 · Analects 1 · Art of War 4 · Mencius 24 · Zhuangzi 51 · Doctrine of the Mean 3
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 4
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 6
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 7
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 41
- Analects 8.4
- Art of War 1.2
- Art of War 11.10
- Art of War 11.58
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