殖 – augment, increase, multiply

12 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1362 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 殖 means augment, increase, multiply, raise. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショク (shoku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ふ.える、ふ.やす (fueru, fuyasu). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 歹 (no. 78).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ショク	shoku
Kun’yomi	ふ.える	fueru
Kun’yomi	ふ.やす	fuyasu

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: 歹 (Kangxi radical 78). Components: 十・目・歹.

Words using 殖

殖やすふやすto increase繁殖はんしょくbreeding

Example sentences

８月下旬に彼らは繁殖のために長い旅に出発します。

In late August, they set off on a long journey for breeding.

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Kanji with the same radical

死残殊

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