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Amass Flowers Livestock 蓄 チク たくわ.える Keeping Concubine

Kanji
Onyomi チク
Kunyomi たくわ.える
English amass, keeping a concubine, phonograph
Examples 貯蓄(ちょちく): savings
蓄積(ちくせき): accumulation; accumulate; store
蓄える(たくわえる): (1) to store; to lay in stock (2) to have a beard; to grow a beard
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 1260
Components 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140)
畜: livestock; domestic fowl and animals
Number of Strokes 13
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 140
Radical Strokes 6
Radical Reading くさ・くさかんむり
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword amass
Koohii Story 1 One sneaky farmer wanted to amass a large collection of livestock. We all know that cows like to eat flowers, so he planted lines of flowers leading to his own fields. The livestock followed the lines, eating the flowers one by one, and amassed in his field.
Koohii Story 2 Kobe beef. The Japanese amass a fortune pampering livestock feeding them flowers, offering beer, playing music and giving them massages…
RTK Index 1385

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1001-1500

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