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漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

植: plant

JLPT N212 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met

木 carries the meaning · 直 gives the sound

12 strokes

Three readings, and the words that use each

ショクshoku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 植物しょくぶつplant, vegetation
  • 植物園しょくぶつえんbotanical garden
  • 植民地しょくみんちcolony
  • 臓器移植ぞうきいしょくorgan transplant
  • 移植するいしょくするtransplant, implant
  • 入植するにゅうしょくするsettle, immigrate

うえるueru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 植えるうえるplant, grow [v.t.]
  • 植木うえきgarden shrubs, potted plant
  • 田植えたうえrice planting

うわるuwaru · kun'yomi

  • 植わるうわるbe planted [v.i.]

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“Stand before a great, ancient tree and see 木! The vertical line is the sturdy trunk, the top strokes are branches reaching for the sunlight, and the bottom strokes are the roots gripping the earth.”
More in the 木 tree story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
木

Also built on tree (木)

All 124
直

Also built on straightaway (直)

The 直 family reads チ (chi); 植 is read ショク.

Also read ショク

11 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
植 plant · 木
vs殖 augment · 歹
植 has 木 where 殖 has 歹.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhí

Same form: 植 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
植 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
植 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin zhí most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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