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Kanji Detail for 培 - "cultivate, foster, nurture"

培

  • Meaning

    培 means "cultivate, foster, nurture."

    1. Cultivate - To prepare and use land for growing plants.

    2. Nurture - To care for and encourage growth.

    3. Foster - To promote development; to raise.

  • Words using 培

    • 栽培 さいばい Listen cultivation
    • 培養 ばいよう Listen culture; cultivation; cultivation (of plants)

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    • Verified meaning: cultivate, foster, nurture
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ばい)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 培

    Given names 培(ばい)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    cultivate; foster

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    bank up with dirt; cultivate

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to bank up with earth; to cultivate (lit. or fig.); to train (people)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to cultivate, to farm; to shore up

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Piling earth around plant roots to make them thicker. Such as 栽培 (cultivate). Also used metaphorically for nurturing talent, meaning receiving benefits like plants receiving cultivation. | 培塿: See "塿."

  • Onyomi

    tip

    bai(バイ) バイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tsuchika.u(つちか-う) つちか-う

  • Strokes

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    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    土 (tsuchi・tsuchihen・dohen)

  • Related Keywords

    cultivate nurture foster hill mound train care develop educate encourage enrich grow guide improve instruct mentor prepare refine earth ground soil

Sentences including 培

  • I grow rice.

  • She grew roses.

  • I grow rice.

  • My father grows rice.

  • He is cultivating roses.

  • They grow melons under glass.

  • He grows rice.

  • Tom grows strawberries in his garden.

  • I am good at raising roses.

  • I grow orchids in my greenhouse.

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