殖 — Chinese character
殖
zhí
to breed, to spawn; to grow, to prosper
- Pinyin
- zhí
- Radical
- 78 ⽍ (Death)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 歹 直
- Formation
- pictophonetic — corpse; meaning component 歹; sound component 直
- Japanese
- 殖 as a kanji
Common words with 殖
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 养殖 (養殖) | yǎng zhí | to raise; to breed (animals etc) |
| 殖民 | zhí mín | colony; colonial |
| 殖民地 | zhí mín dì | colony |
| 繁殖 | fán zhí | to breed; to reproduce |
| 生殖 | shēng zhí | to reproduce; to flourish |
| 生殖器 | shēng zhí qì | reproductive organ; genitals |
| 殖民者 | zhí mín zhě | colonizer; colonist |
| 增殖 | zēng zhí | growth; increase |
| 殖民主义 (殖民主義) | zhí mín zhǔ yì | colonialism |
| 养殖场 (養殖場) | yǎng zhí chǎng | livestock or aquaculture farm |
| 养殖业 (養殖業) | yǎng zhí yè | cultivation industry |
| 生殖器官 | shēng zhí qì guān | reproductive organ |
English words written with 殖
殖 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 2 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Analects 11.18
- Mencius 3A.4
- Zhuangzi Perfect Happiness
- Zhuangzi Kêng Sang Ch’u
- The Doctrine of the Mean Passage 27
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