植 – plant

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The kanji 植 means plant. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショク (shoku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is う.える、う.わる (ueru, uwaru). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 木 (no. 75).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ショク	shoku
Kun’yomi	う.える	ueru
Kun’yomi	う.わる	uwaru

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: 木 (Kangxi radical 75). Components: 十・木・目.

Words using 植

植えるうえるto plant植物しょくぶつplant植木うえきgarden plant田植えたうえrice planting植民地しょくみんちcolony植わるうわるto be planted

Example sentences

私は庭にバラを植えた。

I planted roses in the garden.

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植物は土壌で育つ。

Plants are nourished by earth.

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母は植木の世話をよくする人だ。

My mother looks after the plants well.

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Kanji with the same radical

本東業来機権査案村果格検校構木条

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