蓄

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to store up; to grow (e.g. a beard); to entertain (ideas)

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

艹 meaning “plant” + 畜 sound ( chù )

Components 艹畜

save up · Heisig RSH #2414

flower + 畜 livestock

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
蓄势待发	xù shì dài fā	to wait for action after having accumulated power, energy etc
定期储蓄	dìng qī chǔ xù	fixed deposit (banking)
蓄水池	xù shuǐ chí	water reservoir
蓄电池	xù diàn chí	secondary (rechargeable) battery; accumulator; storage cell
个人储蓄	gè rén chǔ xù	personal savings
蓄须明志	xù xū míng zhì	to grow a beard as a symbol of one's determination (as Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳\|梅兰芳[Mei2 Lan2 fang1…
蓄水	xù shuǐ	water storage
铅酸蓄电池	qiān suān xù diàn chí	lead-acid accumulator; battery (e.g. in car)
蓄意	xù yì	deliberate; premeditated; malice
储蓄卡	chǔ xù kǎ	debit card
养精蓄锐	yǎng jīng xù ruì	to preserve and nurture one's spirit (idiom); honing one's strength for the big push
兼收并蓄	jiān shōu bìng xù	incorporating diverse things (idiom); eclectic; all-embracing
蓄养	xù yǎng	to raise (animals)
储蓄率	chǔ xù lǜ	savings rate
积蓄	jī xù	to save; to put aside; savings
蓄积	xù jī	to accumulate; to store up
蓄谋	xù móu	to premeditate; to plot
含蓄	hán xù	to contain; to hold; (of a person or style etc) reserved; restrained; (of words, writings)…
储蓄	chǔ xù	to save money (in a bank); savings
蓄须	xù xū	to grow a beard

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
畜 sound part	chù	livestock, domestic animals
搐	chù	cramp, spasm; to convulse, to twitch