Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

預: deposit, custody

Also: leave with, entrust to

JLPT N213 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met

頁 carries the meaning · 予 gives the sound

13 strokes

Three readings, and the words that use each

ヨyo · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 預金するよきんするdeposit [v.t.]
  • 預金よきん
  • 預託よたくdepositing (of money, valuables, etc.)
  • 預貯金よちょきん
  • 定期預金ていきよきんterm deposit; (fixed) time deposit

あずけるazukeru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 預けるあずけるleave in the care of [v.i]

あずかるazukaru · kun'yomi

  • 預かるあずかるtake charge of [v.t.]
  • 預かりあずかりsafekeeping; temporary custody

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“Face the world! This radical represents everything that happens from the neck up—thinking, seeing, breathing, and the very identity of a person.”
More in the 頁 head story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
予

Also built on beforehand (予)

預 takes the 予 family's reading, ヨ (yo).

頁

Also built on head (頁)

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Also read ヨ

5 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
預 deposit · 予
vs頂 place on the head · 丁
預 has 予 where 頂 has 丁.
In ChineseSimplified 预 · traditional, as in Japanese · yù

Japan keeps the traditional form 預; mainland China simplifies it to 预.

Simplified
预 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
預 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin yù 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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