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Storage
Stroke count: 10

Readings

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JōyōGrade 3Level 28
  1. warehouse
  2. storehouse
  3. cellar
  4. magazine
  5. granary

Popular Usage

冷蔵庫金庫車庫倉庫

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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cave · car (車)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 633

Compound words

冷蔵庫れいぞうこ
refrigerator; fridge
金庫きんこ
safe; strongbox; cashbox; vault; strongroom
車庫しゃこ
garage; carport; depot (for trains, buses, etc.); shed; carbarn
倉庫そうこ
storehouse; warehouse; godown
公庫こうこ
finance corporation
国庫こっこ
national treasury
在庫ざいこ
stock; inventory; having in stock; being in stock
文庫ぶんこ
library; book collection; paperback book
宝庫ほうこ
treasury; treasure house; storehouse; repository; treasure trove
冷凍庫れいとうこ
freezer
兵庫髷ひょうごわげ
female hairstyle starting from the Keicho period
信用金庫しんようきんこ
credit union
庫裏くり
temple kitchen
庫裡くり
temple kitchen
出庫しゅっこ
delivery from a storehouse
艇庫ていこ
boat-house
格納庫かくのうこ
(aircraft) hangar
在庫品ざいこひん
inventory
倉庫業そうこぎょう
warehousing business
在庫切れざいこぎれ
(being) out of stock
倉庫会社そうこがいしゃ
warehousing company
冷蔵倉庫れいぞうそうこ
cold storage warehouse
赤穂信用金庫あこうしんようきんこ
Akaho Shinkin Bank
倉庫に納めるそうこにおさめる
to store in a warehouse

On Reading Examples

彼はお金を金庫にしまった。きんこ
He shut up the money in the safe.tatoeba
貴重品は金庫にしまっておきなさい。きんこ
Put your valuables in the safe.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は兵庫大学の経済学の教授です。
He is a professor of economics at Hyogo University.tatoeba
彼は知識の宝庫だ。
He has a well of knowledge.tatoeba
彼は車をバックさせて車庫に入れた。
He backed his car into the garage.tatoeba
彼は私の金庫からその金を盗んだ。
He stole the money from my safe.tatoeba

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Storehouse. 广 (shed) + 車 (cart) — a shed for keeping carts. 倉庫 — warehouse.

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