store up
N2- Onyomi
- チク
- Kunyomi
- たくわ(える)
- Stroke count
- 13
- JLPT
- N2
Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.
Memory tip
Break 蓄 down and you get 艹 (grass / plant) — two shoots pushing up through the soil. Picture young plants pushing up out of the soil beside a garden label, put 蓄 inside it, and let that scene stand for "store up" — store up. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
Stroke Order
Stroke count: 13
General writing tips
These general rules have exceptions. Follow the animation and numbered frames for this character.
- •上から下へ書きます。Write from top to bottom.
- •左から右へ書きます。Write from left to right.
- •横の画を先に、縦の画を後に書きます。Write horizontal strokes before the vertical strokes that cross them.
- •外側の囲みを先に書き、中を後で書きます。Draw an outer enclosure first, then fill in what is inside.
- •中央を先に、左右を後に書きます。In symmetric shapes, write the centre before the left and right sides.
- •この漢字は13画です。下の練習エリアで順番に書いてみましょう。This kanji has 13 strokes — trace them in order in the practice area below.
Step by step
Practice Writing
Free writing practice — compare your writing with the example. This canvas does not check your shape or stroke order. Draw with a mouse, finger, or pen; scroll outside the square to move down the page.
Trace the faded character, or hide the outline to practise from memory.
Writing Tips
- Follow the order strictly: top-to-bottom and left-to-right. Correct order makes the shape balanced and natural.
- Keep each stroke in one smooth motion — don't lift the pen in the middle of a stroke.
- Close enclosing strokes cleanly so the character does not look open or broken.
- Common mistake: drawing strokes bottom-to-top or right-to-left. Even if the result looks similar, the wrong order shows in handwriting and makes it harder to read.
Example words
備蓄
bichiku
stockpiling
蓄積
chikuseki
accumulation
蓄える
takuwaeru
to store
蓄えて
takuwaete
store — te-form
蓄積する
chikusekisuru
to do accumulation
備蓄する
bichikusuru
to do stockpiling
Example sentences (2)
将来のために少しずつ貯蓄しています。
しょうらい の ため に すこしずつ ちょちく して います。
shourai no tame ni sukoshizutsu chochiku shite imasu.
I am saving little by little for the future.
若いうちに経験を蓄えることが大切です。
わかい うち に けいけん を たくわえる こと が たいせつ です。
wakai uchi ni keiken o takuwaeru koto ga taisetsu desu.
It is important to build up experience while you are young.