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Chinese symbol for “savings”

储蓄
chǔ xù
Traditional: 儲蓄
to save money (in a bank); savings

The closest CC-CEDICT match for savings is 储蓄 (chǔ xù), defined as: to save money (in a bank); savings.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

储 chǔ
to save money, to store, to reserve; heir
radical 9 ⼈ · 12 strokes
蓄 xù
to store, to save, to hoard, to gather
radical 140 ⾋ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “savings”

WordPinyinMeaning
积蓄 (積蓄)jī xùto save; to put aside; savings
节余 (節餘)jié yúto save; savings
老本lǎo běncapital; assets

Related words

Other words that share a character with 储蓄.

WordPinyinMeaning
储存 (儲存)chǔ cúnstockpile; to store
存储 (存儲)cún chǔto store up; to stockpile
储备 (儲備)chǔ bèito store up; reserves
仓储 (倉儲)cāng chǔto store in a warehouse
储量 (儲量)chǔ liàngremaining quantity; reserves (of natural resources, oil etc)
蓄意xù yìdeliberate; premeditated
积蓄 (積蓄)jī xùto save; to put aside; savings
含蓄hán xùto contain; to hold

See also: Japanese symbol for “savings”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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