預

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: あずける・あずかる

画数かくすう: 13 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 頁(おおがい)

Meaning

Entrust / Deposit / Leave (In Care)

  • 預金よきん — bank deposit
  • 預言よげん — prophecy; prediction
  • 預託よたく — entrustment
  • あずける — to leave (in someone's care)
  • あずかる — to take care of; to look after

預 combines an “ear” element with the head radical 頁 and a phonetic ヨ. The sense is “to receive and hold under one’s charge,” which developed into “entrust,” “deposit,” and “leave in care.”

荷物にもつえきあずけました。
I left my luggage at the station.

かれどもを 保育園ほいくえんあずけています。
He leaves his child at daycare.

金
Creates
預金よきん — bank deposit
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