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蓄 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+10, 14 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 13 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, Cangjie input 廿卜女田 (TYVW), four-corner 4460₃, composition ⿱艹畜)

• 𭳀, 𦿤

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1051, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31642
• Dae Jaweon: page 1512, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3269, character 3
• Unihan data for U+84C4

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l̥ʰuɡ, *hluɡ): semantic 艹 (“grass, plant”) + phonetic 畜 (OC *l̥ʰuɡs, *l̥ʰuɡ, *hluɡ) – to cultivate plants, to store grain, to save.

蓄

1. to store up; to stockpile; to accumulate; to hoard
2. to grow (e.g. a beard)

   蓄髮／蓄发  ―  xùfà  ―  to grow out one's hair

   • 2024, 岩田禮, translated by 簡月眞, “岩田 序”, in 洪惟仁 [Ang Uijin], 臺灣語言的分類與分區：理論與方法 [Classification and Regionalization of Languages in Taiwan: Theories and Methodologies], 前衛出版社, →ISBN, page 34:

     當時洪教授蓄著鬍子，背脊挺拔，直言不諱，讓人感到難以親近。 [MSC, trad.]
     当时洪教授蓄着胡子，背脊挺拔，直言不讳，让人感到难以亲近。 [MSC, simp.]

     Dāngshí Hóng jiàoshòu xùzhe húzi, bèijǐ tǐngbá, zhíyánbùhuì, ràng rén gǎndào nányǐ qīnjìn. [Pinyin]

     At that time, Professor Ang grew a beard, stood tall, and never minced his words, making people feel he is not approachable.

3. (literary, or in compounds) to harbour; to keep in mind; to cherish
4. (literary, or in compounds) to await; to wait for
5. (literary, or in compounds) preserved, dried cabbage or mustard greens
6. (Min) to get or buy for use; to purchase; to collect (especially of large assets)
7. to raise; to rear (domestic animals)
   • 1805, 嘶噹㖦 [George Thomas Staunton], transl., edited by 哆啉呅 [James Drummond] and 𭊱𠱸 [Alexander Pearson], 𠸄咭唎國新出種痘竒書 [A strange book on vaccinations recently come out of England], Canton, page 2v:

     今本國𠸄咭唎。有蓄牛取乳者甚多。時即嘉慶元年。本國遇值天行。𮞸經遍户。紛紛傳説。惟蓄牛取乳者不𣑱天花。 [MSC, trad.]
     今本国𠸄咭唎。有蓄牛取乳者甚多。时即嘉庆元年。本国遇值天行。遭经遍户。纷纷传说。惟蓄牛取乳者不𣑱天花。 [MSC, simp.]

     Jīn běnguó Yīngjílì. Yǒu xù niú qǔ rǔ zhě shèn duō. Shí jí Jiāqìng yuánnián. Běnguó yùzhí tiānxíng. Zāojīng biàn hù. Fēnfēn chuánshuō. Wéi xù niú qǔ rǔ zhě bù rǎn tiānhuā. [Pinyin]

     Now, my country England has many who raise and milk cows. It was the first year of Jiaqing, when my country suffered pestilence, affecting every household. News was spread around. Only those who raise and milk cows did not contract smallpox.

   • 1950 June 16, 陳定山, “養鷄場在臺北──貴族式的里昂”, in 自由中國, volume 2, number 12, page 26:

     一隻里昂雞一月下蛋三十枚，價值十八元，家蓄百雞，不是月收一千八百金？ [MSC, trad.]
     一只里昂鸡一月下蛋三十枚，价值十八元，家蓄百鸡，不是月收一千八百金？ [MSC, simp.]

     Yī zhī Lǐ'áng jī yī yuè xiàdàn sānshí méi, jiàzhí shíbā yuán, jiā xù bǎi jī, bùshì yuè shōu yīqiān bābǎi jīn? [Pinyin]

     A Lyon chicken lays thirty eggs in a month, which is valued at eighteen dollars. If a family raises a hundred chickens, would it not be a monthly income of $1,800?

   • 2003, Marco Polo, translated by 馮承鈞, 馬可波羅行紀 [The Travels of Marco Polo], Taipei: 台灣古籍出版有限公司, →ISBN, page 130:

     年終或偶像節慶之日，蓄羊者挈其子女攜羊至偶像前禮拜。 [MSC, trad.]
     年终或偶像节庆之日，蓄羊者挈其子女携羊至偶像前礼拜。 [MSC, simp.]

     Niánzhōng huò ǒuxiàng jiéqìng zhī rì, xù yáng zhě qiè qí zǐnǚ xié yáng zhì ǒuxiàng qián lǐbài. [Pinyin]

     At the end of the year or on the festival of their idol, those who have raised a sheep bring the sheep before their idols to worship along with their children.

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03536
• “蓄”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “蓄”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 269.

(Jōyō kanji)

1. to store; to accumulate

• Go-on: ちく (chiku, Jōyō)、きく (kiku)
• Kan-on: ちく (chiku, Jōyō)、きく (kiku)
• Kun: たくわえる (takuwaeru, 蓄える, Jōyō)

• 蓄財(ちくざい) (chikuzai): amassing of wealth
• 蓄積(ちくせき) (chikuseki): accumulation
• 貯蓄(ちょちく) (chochiku): savings
• 備蓄(びちく) (bichiku): stockpile, reserves

蓄 • (chuk) (hangeul 축, revised chuk, McCune–Reischauer ch'uk, Yale chwuk)

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蓄: Hán Nôm readings: súc

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