株

• 読み: かぶ
• ローマ字: kabu
• 漢字の分解: 株 (kabu) — stock, share; tree stump
• 発音: /ka.bɯ/

意味

Stock; share. A unit of ownership in a company, traded on stock exchanges.

A noun with two main meanings: a stock or share in finance, and a tree stump or plant root in everyday language. In business contexts, 株 refers to shares of a company. Common collocations include 株を買う (to buy stocks), 株価 (stock price), and 株式会社 (stock company / corporation).

例文

1. 最近、株に投資を始めた。
2. あの会社の株価がどんどん上がっている。
3. 株で大きな利益を得る人もいる。

使い方ガイド

場面: finance, investing, business

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Originally referred to a tree stump or root stock. The financial meaning developed from the idea of a root or base share in a business venture, similar to how English 'stock' originally meant a tree trunk.

文化的背景

時代: Early Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal