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殖 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「歹」

道
4Junior high level ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「歹」
On
ショクしょく · shoku
Kun
ふ.える・ふ.やすfu.eru · fu.yasu
Meaning
increase; breed

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

With 直: life multiplying — to increase, to breed.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onショクしょくshoku生殖せいしょく利殖りしょく学殖がくしょく
Kunふえるfueru殖えるふえる

Compare: 増える

Kunふやすfuyasu殖やすふやす

Compare: 増やす

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 養殖ようしょく

    aquaculture

  • 繁殖はんしょく

    breeding

More words with this kanji

  • 蕃殖はんしょく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

湾(わん)で魚(さかな)を養殖(ようしょく)している。

They farm fish in the bay.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

繁殖養殖殖繁luxuri…養to nou…死death殀to die…歿to die殆almost殄to ext…飾decora…触touch色color昃the su…昵intima…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 歹Map of reading ショクAll maps

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

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