培 – cultivate, foster

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1431 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 培 means cultivate, foster. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is バイ (bai); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is つちか.う (tsuchikau). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 土 (no. 32).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	バイ	bai
Kun’yomi	つちか.う	tsuchikau

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 土 (Kangxi radical 32). Components: 口・土・立.

Words using 培

栽培さいばいcultivation

Example sentences

その農場経営者は色々な種類の作物を栽培している。

The farmer cultivates a variety of crops.

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Kanji with the same radical

地場報在増基土境域型均圧壊城執坂

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