チョ, た.める, たくわ.える

savings, store, lay in, keep, wear mustache

JLPT2 G4 S12 F1100

The relevant oracle bone form of this character combines 貝 commodities + a depiction of a square frame → fill a container/storehouse with goods → *storage*; *lay in stock*; *save*. The square frame element came to be written .

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