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Kanji Detail for 植 - "to plant"

植

  • Meaning

    植 means "to plant." Also associated with to establish.

    1. Plant - To put in the ground; to cultivate.

    2. Establish - To set up firmly.

  • Words using 植

    • 植物 しょくぶつ Listen plant; vegetation
    • 入植 にゅうしょく Listen settlement; immigration; entering a (Japanese) settlement
    • 動植物 どうしょくぶつ Listen plants and animals; flora and fauna
    • 植林 しょくりん Listen afforestation
    • 植樹 しょくじゅ Listen tree-planting
    • 植木 うえき Listen garden plant; garden tree; potted plant
    • 植物園 しょくぶつえん Listen botanical garden
    • 田植え たうえ Listen rice planting

  • Tattoo check: 植

    • Verified meaning: to plant
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read うえ, うえさき, うえざき, うえじ)
    • Also carries these associations: to establish

    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 植

    Given names 植(たつる)Listen

    Surnames 植(うえ)Listen 植(うえさき)Listen 植(うえざき)Listen 植(うえじ)Listen 植(うえすぎ)Listen 植(しょく)Listen 植(たね)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    plant

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    plant, trees, plants; grow

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to plant

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    tree, plant; to grow

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

    Things that grow from roots are called 植. Such as grains and vegetation are called 植物 (plants). | To plant. Such as planting and cultivating is called 種植. | To erect, establish. Also to lean on. From "Analerta": "He planted his staff and weeded." | Anything established or promoted is called 植. Such as 封植子弟 (enfeoffing and establishing younger relatives), 培植人材 (nurturing talent).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shoku(ショク) ショク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    u.eru(う-える) う-える

    u.waru(う-わる) う-わる

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    木 (ki・kihen)

  • Related Keywords

    to plant to establish stand grow cultivate agriculture botanical botany cultivation erect farming flora foliage gardening green herb horticulture leaf nursery propagation root

Sentences including 植

  • Mother transplanted the flowers to the garden.

  • This book has few , if any , misprints.

  • Who planted the tree?

  • This book has few , if any , misprints.

  • My mother looks after the plants well.

  • This plant is good to eat.

  • These trees were planted by them.

  • I like a garden tree.

  • We need plants in order to live.

  • I will grow many trees here.

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