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Kanji Detail for 殖 - "to increase, to plant"

殖

  • Meaning

    殖 means "to increase, to plant."

    1. To increase - To multiply; for plants and animals to grow; to develop. Also, for wealth to grow.

    2. To plant - To cultivate plants. Same as 植.

  • Words using 殖

    • 増殖 ぞうしょく Listen increase; multiplication; propagation
    • 養殖 ようしょく Listen aquaculture; culture; cultivation
    • 生殖 せいしょく Listen reproduction

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    • Verified meaning: to increase, to plant
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read しげる)

    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 殖

    Given names 殖(しげる)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    augment; increase; multiply; raise

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    breed, spawn; increase; prosper

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to grow; to reproduce

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to breed, to spawn; to grow, to prosper

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

    To produce. As in multiplication (蕃殖), meaning to breed. | Accumulating wealth and profit is called 殖. Records of the Grand Historian has "Biographies of Money-Makers" (貨殖列傳).

  • Onyomi

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    shoku(ショク) ショク

  • Kunyomi

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    fueru(ふ-える) ふ-える

    fuyasu(ふ-やす) ふ-やす

  • Strokes

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    12 strokes

  • Radical

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    歹 歺 (gatsu・gatsuhen・ichitahen・kabanehen)

  • Related Keywords

    to increase to plant to multiply to breed propagate reproduce cultivate colonize grow proliferate fertility

Sentences including 殖

  • Rabbits breed quickly.

  • Rats breed rapidly.

  • The penis is one of the male reproductive organs.

  • This chemical will prevent germs from breeding.

  • Some animals will not breed when kept in cages.

  • Bacteria will not breed in alcohol.

  • Farmed fish are cheaper than wild ones and the taste is only "so-so".

  • In late August, they set off on a long journey for breeding.

  • To my knowledge, this chemical will prevent germs from breeding.

  • What a surprise! The onsen lodge had turned into a fish breeding farm.

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