存

存 (Kangxi radical 39, 子+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 大中弓木 (KLND), four-corner 4024₇, composition ⿸𠂇⿰丨子)

• 侟, 拵, 洊, 栫, 珔, 袸, 臶, 銌(𲇻), 荐

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 278, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6943
• Dae Jaweon: page 545, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1009, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5B58

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zluːn): phonetic 才 (OC *zlɯː, *zlɯːs) + semantic 子.

Possibly the demonstrative *-n derivation from 在 (OC *zlɯːʔ) (Schuessler, 2007).

存

1. (literary) to exist
2. to cherish; to harbor
3. to store; to retain
4. stock; reserve

• (to exist):

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. exist

• Go-on: ぞん (zon, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: そん (son, Jōyō)
• Kun: ある (aru, 存る)^{←あり (ari, 存り, historical)}、たもつ (tamotsu, 存つ)^{←たもつ (tamotu, 存つ, historical)}、とう (tou, 存う)^{←とふ (tofu, 存ふ, historical)}、ながらえる (nagaraeru, 存える)^{←ながらへる (nagaraferu, 存へる, historical)}
• Nanori: あきら (akira)、あり (ari)、ありや (ariya)、ある (aru)、さだ (sada)、すすむ (susumu)、たもつ (tamotsu)、つぎ (tsugi)、なが (naga)、のぶ (nobu)、のり (nori)、まさ (masa)、やす (yasu)、やすし (yasushi)

From Middle Chinese 存 (MC dzwon).

• (Tokyo) そんする [sòń súꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [so̞ɰ̃ sɨɾɯ̟]

存(そん)する • (son suru) ^{←そん (son)?}suru (stem 存(そん)し (son shi), past 存(そん)した (son shita))

1. (intransitive) to exist
2. (transitive) to preserve

• (to exist): 存在(そんざい)する (sonzai suru)

存 (eumhun 있을 존 (isseul jon))

1. to have
2. to exist
3. to be living

• 기존 (旣存, gijon, “existing”)
• 보존 (保存, bojon, “preservation”)
• 생존 (生存, saengjon, “survival”)
• 의존 (依存, uijon, “dependence”)
• 존망 (存亡, jonmang, “life or death”)
• 존재 (存在, jonjae, “existence”)

存: Hán Nôm readings: tồn, dòn, sòn, ròn, tòn

1. chữ Hán form of tồn (“to exist; to preserve”)