漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife
資: assets, resources
Also: capital, funds, data, be conducive to, contribute to
JLPT N313 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
貝 carries the meaning · 次 gives the sound
13 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
シshi · on'yomi · in compounds
- 資金しきんfunds, capital
- 資産しさんproperty, fortune, assets
- 資料しりょうmaterials, data
- 資源しげんresources
- 資材しざいmaterial
- 資格しかくqualifications, requirements
- 資本しほんfunds, capital
- 資本主義しほんしゅぎcapitalism
- 外資がいしforeign capital
- 投資するとうしするinvest [v.i.]
- 融資するゆうしするfinance, loan [v.t.]
- 出資するしゅっしするinvest, contribute, finance [v.i.]
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)次 (sound) + 貝 shell-money (meaning)
“property, resource”.
Source: Wiktionary, 資 (rev. 92162883), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Treasure the moment! This radical represents the very origins of commerce and the primal concept of wealth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side資 assets · 貝
vs盗 steal · 皿In ChineseSimplified 资 · traditional, as in Japanese · zī
Japan keeps the traditional form 資; mainland China simplifies it to 资.
- Simplified
- 资 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 資 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zī 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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