植

plant

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ショク

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

う.えるう.わる

Nanori (名乗り)

うええげ

Stroke Order

12 / 12

Information

Grade:3

Strokes:12

JLPT:N2

Frequency:699

Vocabulary

ショク

Word	Reading	Meaning
移植	イショク	transplanting (a plant); transplant; grafting; transplantation (of an organ, tissue, etc.); transplant; embryo transfer; embryo transplant; porting (software)
植樹	ショクジュ	tree-planting
植物	ショクブツ	plant; vegetation
植物園	ショクブツエン	botanical garden
植民地	ショクミンチ	colony; (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
植える	うえる	to plant; to grow; to raise; to insert; to transplant; to implant; to set (type); to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.); to inculcate
田植え	たうえ	rice planting
鉢植え	はちうえ	potted plant; potting
植木	うえき	garden plant; garden tree; potted plant
写植	しゃちょく	phototypesetting

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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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price, cost, value

imitation, copy, mock

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ridgepole, ridge

sequential, follow

shield, escutcheon, pretext

straightaway, honesty, frankness, fix, repair

inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy