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(bound form) to store up; to keep in reserve; heir to the throne; Taiwan pr. [chu2]

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

亻 meaning “person” + 诸 sound ( zhū )

Components 亻诸

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人 person + 诸 various

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
储水管	chǔ shuǐ guǎn	standpipe (firefighting water storage system for a building)
动态存储器	dòng tài cún chǔ qì	dynamic memory
内存储器	nèi cún chǔ qì	(computing) main memory; RAM
随机存取存储器	suí jī cún qǔ cún chǔ qì	random access memory (RAM)
美国联邦储备	Měi guó Lián bāng Chǔ bèi	US Federal Reserve (Fed), the US central bank
美联储	Měi lián chǔ	US Federal Reserve (Fed), the US central bank
挥发性存储器	huī fā xìng cún chǔ qì	volatile memory
强迫性储物症	qiǎng pò xìng chǔ wù zhèng	compulsive hoarding
资本储备	zī běn chǔ bèi	capital reserve
短时储存	duǎn shí chǔ cún	short-term storage; store
高速缓冲存储器	gāo sù huǎn chōng cún chǔ qì	(computing) cache
可擦除可编程只读存储器	kě cā chú kě biān chéng zhǐ dú cún chǔ qì	EPROM (erasable programmable read-only memory)
储水	chǔ shuǐ	to store water
存储器	cún chǔ qì	memory (computing)
储备金	chǔ bèi jīn	reserves (bank)
溶小体储积症	róng xiǎo tǐ chǔ jī zhèng	lysosomal storage disease (LSD)
储气	chǔ qì	gas storage
静态存储器	jìng tài cún chǔ qì	static memory
储物	chǔ wù	to store things; to stow items
存储卡	cún chǔ kǎ	memory card

Characters sharing the sound component 诸 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
诸 sound part	zhū	all, many, various; surname
槠	zhū	oak tree