积 jī
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 禾 — cereal, grain, rice
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
积蓄
jīxù
to accumulate; savings
Characters in this word
蓄 xù
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 畜 livestock, domestic animals
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他多年积蓄的研究资料，在火灾中几乎全部损毁。 Tā duōnián jīxù de yánjiū zīliào, zài huǒzāi zhōng jīhū quánbù sǔnhuǐ. The research materials he had accumulated over many years were almost entirely destroyed in the fire.
- 她用多年的积蓄买了一套小房子。 Tā yòng duōnián de jīxù mǎi le yí tào xiǎo fángzi. She bought a small flat with her savings of many years.
- 老两口一点一点地积蓄，为孙子攒学费。 Lǎo liǎngkǒu yìdiǎn yìdiǎn de jīxù, wèi sūnzi zǎn xuéfèi. The old couple saved little by little to put away tuition fees for their grandson.
Related words
- 积极 jījí active; positive
- 面积 miànjī area
- 积累 jīlěi to accumulate
- 体积 tǐjī volume
- 堆积 duījī to pile up; to accumulate
- 积 jī to accumulate; to store up
- 积淀 jīdiàn to accumulate and settle; accumulation; cultural sediment
- 积攒 jīzǎn to save up; to accumulate
- 累积 lěijī to accumulate; to build up
- 储蓄 chǔxù to save, to deposit; savings
- 含蓄 hánxù reserved; implicit
- 换取 huànqǔ to exchange for; to trade for