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植 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「木」

道
8Elementary year 3 ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「木」
On
ショクしょく · shoku
Kun
う(える)・う(わる)u(eru) · u(waru)
Meaning
plant (a tree)

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

木 (tree) + 直 (phonetic 'shoku'). To 'plant' a tree straight up in the ground.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onショクしょくshoku植樹しょくじゅ植物しょくぶつ誤植ごしょく
Kunうえるueru植えるうえる植木うえき
Kunうわるuwaru植わるうわる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 植物しょくぶつ

    plant

  • 植木うえき

    garden plant

More words with this kanji

  • 植木鉢うえきばち
  • 鉢植えはちうえ
  • 柘植つげ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

にわに 花(はな)を 植(う)えました。

I planted flowers in the garden.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

植木植物植木tree物thing板board柱pillar根root業work様manner色color昃the su…拭wipe食to eat昵intima…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 木Map of reading ショクAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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