漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
存: exist, suppose
Also: be aware of, believe, feel
JLPT N36 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
子 carries the meaning · 亻 is drawn in
6 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ソンson · on'yomi · in compounds
- 存在するそんざいするexist
- 存続するそんぞくするcontinue to exist
- 現存するげんそんするexist currently
ゾンzon · on'yomi
- 依存するいぞんするdepend on
- 生存するせいぞんするbe in existence, survive
- 保存するほぞんするpreserve
- 実存主義じつぞんしゅぎexistentialism
- 異存いぞんobjection
- 所存しょぞんintention
- 存分にぞんぶんにfreely
- 御存知ごぞんじknow [hon.]
- 存じるぞんじるknow [hum.]
Also read ながらえる, ある, たもつ, とう, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)才 (sound) + 子 (meaning)
Source: Wiktionary, 存 (rev. 92942411), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“See the baby reaching out from the cradle! This character captures the innocence and joy of youth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read ソン
6 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · cún
Same form: 存 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 存 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 存 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin cún most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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