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Chinese symbol for “stockpile”

储存
chǔ cún
Traditional: 儲存
stockpile; to store; to stockpile; storage

The closest CC-CEDICT match for stockpile is 储存 (chǔ cún), defined as: stockpile; to store; to stockpile; storage.

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
存 cún
to exist; to survive, to maintain; to keep, to store; to deposit
radical 39 ⼦ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “stockpile”

WordPinyinMeaning
积存 (積存)jī cúnto stockpile
存储 (存儲)cún chǔto store up; to stockpile
积贮 (積貯)jī zhùto stockpile
贮 (貯)zhùto store; to save
囤货 (囤貨)tún huòto stock up; to stockpile

Related words

Other words that share a character with 储存.

WordPinyinMeaning
存储 (存儲)cún chǔto store up; to stockpile
储备 (儲備)chǔ bèito store up; reserves
储蓄 (儲蓄)chǔ xùto save money (in a bank); savings
仓储 (倉儲)cāng chǔto store in a warehouse
储量 (儲量)chǔ liàngremaining quantity; reserves (of natural resources, oil etc)
存在cún zàito exist; to be
生存shēng cúnto exist; to survive
保存bǎo cúnto conserve; to preserve; to keep; to store; (computing) to save (a file etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “stockpile”.

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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