Taxonomy of meanings for 蓄:　　

  • 蓄 xù (OC: qhluɡ MC: hiuk) 許竹切 入 廣韻：【同蓄 】
  • 蓄 xù (OC: qhluɡ MC: hiuk) 許竹切 入 廣韻：【蓄冬菜也許竹切又丑六切十 】
    • ACCUMULATE
      • vtoN(foster up>) amass (supplies); harbour and accumulate (resentment)
      • nmWHAT IS STORED UP> reserves, provisions
    • REAR
      • vtoNbreed, raise (as domestic animals); nourish, sustain (children and wife)
      • vadNpassivereared
      • vtoNpassivebe reared; be brought up
      • vt(oN)rear the contextually determinate N
      • vtoNpassivefigurative: be fosteredCH
    • CONTAIN
      • SAFEGUARD
        • WAIT
          • VEGETABLES
          • 蓄 chù (OC: khrluɡ MC: ʈʰiuk) 丑六切 入 廣韻：【蓄冬菜詩曰我有旨蓄鄭玄云蓄聚美菜以禦冬月乏無時也本亦作畜丑六切十 】
          • 蓄 chù (OC: lhuɡ MC: ʈʰiuk) 丑六切 入 廣韻：【同蓄 】

            Additional information about 蓄

            說文解字: 【蓄】，積也。从艸、畜聲。 【丑六切】

              Criteria
            • ACCUMULATE

              [ABSTRACT/CONCRETE]

              [GENERAL/SPECIFIC]

              [LARGE-SCALE/SMALL-SCALE]

              [LASTING/TRANSITORY]

              1. The current general word for accumulating anything concrete or abstract is jī 積 (ant. sǎn 散 "be dispersed"), and the word focusses on the process of accumulation rather than on the result only.

              [LARGE-SCALE], [LASTING]

              2. Xù 畜 / 蓄 refers specifically to accumulation and continuous storage of things for the purpose of sustenance of life or the rearing of domestic animals.

              [CONCRETE], [SMALL-SCALE] [TRANSITORY]

              3. Chǔ 儲 refers to the accumulation and continuous storage of new articles of general use for the maintainance of life.

              [CONCRETE!], [TRANSITORY]

              4. Lěi 累 typically refers quite literally to the piling up of things into a heap or a heap-like structure, but the word does occasionally have generalised usages referring to accumulation of any kind, abstract or concrete.

              [CONCRETE!], [LASTING]

              5. Wěi 委 (ant.* qì 棄 "throw away") refers to small-scale accumulation of concrete objects.

              [CONCRETE], [SMALL-SCALE]

              Word relations
            • Assoc: (ACCUMULATE)積/ACCUMULATE The current general word for accumulating anything concrete or abstract is jī 積 (ant. sǎn 散 "be dispersed"). [LARGE-SCALE], [LASTING]