存

cún

to exist

to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive

talent (才) + child (子) = to keep safe and survive

才 lends the sound cún here rather than its meaning of talent. 子, meaning child, carries the semantic weight — a child kept safe and preserved is the core image of endurance and storage.

才+子→存
子ChildSemantic
才TalentPhonetic

你可以把钱存在银行里。

nǐ kě yǐ bǎ qián cún zài yín háng lǐ。

You can deposit your money in the bank.

这些古老的文件被完好地保存下来了。

zhè xiē gǔ lǎo de wén jiàn bèi wán hǎo de bǎo cún xià lái le。

These ancient documents have been preserved in good condition.

Words with 存

存续

cún xù

to continue to exist

幸存者

xìng cún zhě

survivor

存入

cún rù

to deposit (e.g. in a bank account)

生死存亡

shēng sǐ cún wáng

matter of life and death

储存

chǔ cún

stockpile

运存

yùn cún

RAM (abbr. for 運行內存|运行内存[yun4 xing2 nei4 cun2])

道之所存,师之所存

dào zhī suǒ cún , shī zhī suǒ cún

If sb has grasped the truth before you, take him as your teacher (Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4]).

适存度

shì cún dù

fitness (evolution)

适者生存

shì zhě shēng cún

survival of the fittest

遗存

yí cún

historical remains

锁存器

suǒ cún qì

latch (electronic)

长存

cháng cún

to last for a long time; to endure

More characters with 才

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