assets, resources, capital, funds, data, be conducive to, contribute to
資 centers on valuable things that can be used as a basis for action: financial assets, capital, or resources. The extended senses of data and contributing to something follow naturally from the idea of providing a foundation or input.
資 combines 次 (which here likely contributes the sound) with 貝 (shell, representing money or valuables), giving the idea of material wealth or resources.
The top 次 suggests a sequence or order, and the bottom 貝 is a shell (ancient money). Picture a pile of shells arranged in order—your assets and capital lined up as resources.
For シ, imagine a sheaf of stock certificates representing your assets: sheaf -> シ, and those papers are your capital.
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funds; capital
investment
material; materials; data; information; documents
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
property; fortune; means; assets
funds; capital
resources
financing; loan
investment; contribution; financing
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
(raw) material
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
foreign capital (e.g. in a company); foreign investment
to contribute; to play a part in; to have a hand in; to be conducive to; to be instrumental in
capital; principal
fundraising; financing; cash flow
increase of capital
Agency of Natural Resources and Energy
investment and lending
fixed assets
investment trust; mutual fund
unqualified; unlicensed; uncertified
social capital; SOC
net worth; owned capital