栽 — Chinese character
栽
zāi
to cultivate, to plant, to tend
- Pinyin
- zāi
- Radical
- 75 ⽊ (Tree)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 戈 木
- Formation
- pictophonetic — tree; meaning component 木; sound component 戈
- Japanese
- 栽 as a kanji
Common words with 栽
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 栽培 | zāi péi | to grow; to cultivate |
| 栽种 (栽種) | zāi zhòng | to plant; to grow |
| 栽赃 (栽贓) | zāi zāng | to frame sb (by planting sth on them) |
| 盆栽 | pén zāi | to grow (a plant) in a pot; potted plant (sometimes refers specifically to a bonsai plant) |
| 栽植 | zāi zhí | to plant; to transplant |
| 移栽 | yí zāi | to transplant (horticulture, agriculture) |
| 栽倒 | zāi dǎo | to take a fall |
| 栽跟头 (栽跟頭) | zāi gēn tou | to fall head over heels; (fig.) to come a cropper |
| 认栽 (認栽) | rèn zāi | to admit defeat |
| 无土栽培 (無土栽培) | wú tǔ zāi péi | soilless cultivation (e.g. hydroponics) |
| 倒栽葱 (倒栽蔥) | dào zāi cōng | to fall headlong; (fig.) to suffer an ignominious failure |
| 一头栽进 (一頭栽進) | yī tóu zāi jìn | to plunge into; to run headlong into |
栽 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Doctrine of the Mean 1
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