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accumulate

HSK 10 N2
セキ
つ.む、-づ.み、つ.もる、つ.もり
적, 자
Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 責 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (積)
Meaning component
standing grain
grain still on stalk
Phonetic component
responsibility
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Simplified (积)
standing grain+ only =
accumulate, store up
Meaning component
standing grain
grain still on stalk
Phonetic component
zhǐ only
variant of 只[zhǐ]
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Warring States (475-221 BC)
Bronze
Warring States (475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal Xin dynasty (9-23 AD)
Seal
Xin dynasty (9-23 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
/ [jī]
to amass; to accumulate; to store; measured quantity (such as area of volume); product (the result of multiplication); to integrate (math.); to solve (or integrate) an ordinary differential equation (math.); old; long-standing
Japanese
せき 同音

noun

  1. mathematics product
  2. volume; area
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
あつ
Atsu female given name
しげる
Shigeru given name
せき
Seki surnamegiven name
つとむ
Tsutomu male given name
つみ
Tsumi surname
つむ
Tsumu place name
つもる
Tsumoru surnamegiven name