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存储器 (cún chǔ qì) — computer memory; storage device

Definition

noun
computer memorystorage device
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 存储器，。
    Zhè kuǎn cún chǔ qì de róng liàng hěn dà, kě yǐ cún hěn duō zhào piàn.
    This storage device has a large capacity and can store many photos.
  • 存储器，。
    Diàn nǎo de cún chǔ qì huài le, xū yào huàn yí gè xīn de.
    The computer's memory/storage broke and needs to be replaced with a new one.
  • 存储器。
    Yún cún chǔ qì ràng shù jù cún chǔ gèng jiā fāng biàn.
    Cloud storage makes data storage more convenient.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

存储store
存cúnstore储chǔstore
联合Coordinate
器qìdevice

“存” and “储” both mean store, and “器” is a device; together they name a storage device.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
子子zǐ
Sound part声符shēngfú
才
才cái存cún
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

存 pairs 子 with 才, which was used for the sound.

Open 存 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 儲; 储 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
人人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
諸
諸zhū儲chǔ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 儲 uses 人 as a person part and 諸 for sound. This describes 儲, not the simplified 储.

Open 储 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The origin of 器 is uncertain; one traditional account reads the whole shape as a scene of guarding over four vessels.

Open 器 →
Appears in
Computers & Internet

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