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存

Exist
Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingソン、ゾン
Kun readingあ.る
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 6Level 16

Verbs with «存»

存在する保存する依存する存じる存続する現存する共存する存する

Meanings

  1. exist
  2. supposeRtK
  3. be aware of
  4. believe
    彼は神の存在を信じない。He doesn't believe in God.tatoeba
  5. feel
  1. to know
  2. to be aware (of)
  3. to be acquainted (with)
  4. to think
  5. to consider

Popular Usage

ご存じ生存存じる依存共存

Radicals and components

Radical子child
Components
How it's built
存
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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genie · child (子)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 739

Compound words

生存せいぞん
existence; being; life; survival
存じるぞんじる
to know; to be aware (of); to be acquainted (with); to think; to consider
存在するそんざいする
to exist
保存するほぞんする
to preserve; to maintain
依存するいぞんする
to depend
依存いぞん
dependence; reliance
共存きょうぞん
coexistence
温存おんぞん
preservation; retainment; keeping
既存きそん
existing
残存ざんぞん
survival; remaining; being extant; being left
存在そんざい
existence; being; presence
存続そんぞく
continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration
存分ぞんぶん
to one's heart's content; as much as one likes; without reserve; freely; to the full
保存ほぞん
preservation; conservation; storage; maintenance; saving (e.g. to disk)
存亡そんぼう
life or death; existence; destiny
存立そんりつ
existence; subsistence
存廃そんぱい
maintenance or abolition (of a system, institution, etc.); existence
存知ぞんじ
knowing; being aware (of)
ご存知ごぞんじ
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
依存症いぞんしょう
dependence (on alcohol, drugs, etc.)
思う存分おもうぞんぶん
to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly
異存いぞん
objection
一存いちぞん
one's own discretion (idea, responsibility)
儼存げんそん
real existence

Additional Examples

彼は彼女の存在を意識した。
He was conscious of her presence.tatoeba
彼は大統領に近い存在だ。
He is close to the president.tatoeba
彼は私にとって父親のような存在だ。
He has been like a father to me.tatoeba

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Exist; know (humble). 才 (sprout) + 子 (child) — a child cared for so it survives.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 存

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