殖
augment, increase, multiply, raise

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ショク

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

ふ.えるふ.やす

Nanori (名乗り)

うええげ

Stroke Order

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Information

Grade:8
Strokes:12
JLPT:1
Frequency:1362

Vocabulary

ショク

WordReadingMeaning
移殖イショクtransplanting (a plant); transplant; grafting; transplantation (of an organ, tissue, etc.); transplant; embryo transfer; embryo transplant; porting (software)
殖民地ショクミンチcolony; (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)
生殖セイショクreproduction
増殖ゾウショクincrease; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
繁殖ハンショクbreeding; propagation; reproduction; multiplication; increase

Other

WordReadingMeaning
殖えるふえるto increase; to multiply
殖やすふやすto increase; to add to; to augment
生殖器せいしょっきgenital organ; genitalia; sexual organ; reproductive organ
真珠養殖しんじゅようしょくpearl culture
真珠養殖場しんじゅようしょくじょうpearl-oyster beds

Visually Similar Kanji

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植
plant
Grade 3JLPT 2
値
cost, price, value
Grade 6JLPT 3
殉
follow by resigning, martyrdom
Grade 8JLPT 1
直
fix, frankness, honesty, repair, straightaway
Grade 2JLPT 3
盾
escutcheon, pretext, shield
Grade 8JLPT 1
置
deposit, employ, keep, leave behind, pawn, placement, put, set
Grade 4JLPT 3
相
aspect, councillor, each other, inter-, minister of state, mutual, phase, physiognomy, together
Grade 3JLPT 3
循
follow, sequential
Grade 8JLPT 1
省
conserve, focus, government ministry
Grade 4JLPT 2
首
counter for songs and poems, neck
Grade 2JLPT 3