plant
On'yomi (音読み)
- ショク
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- う.える
- う.わる
About this kanji
The kanji "植" primarily means "plant" and can be used both as a verb and a noun. It conveys the action of planting or growing things. For instance, in the compound "植物" (shokubutsu), it refers to "plants" in general, while "移植" (ishoku) means "transplanting," such as moving a plant from one place to another. Another example is "植樹" (shokuju), which means "tree-planting." When using this kanji in conversations, it's often related to gardening, agriculture, or nature, making it a handy term when discussing living things.
Example sentences
花を植える季節が来た。
The season to plant flowers has come.
Meanings across languages
- English
- plant
- Tiếng Việt
- trồng
- 日本語
- 植える
- 한국어
- 심다
- 中文
- 种植
- id
- tanaman
- th
- พืช
- es
- planta
- fr
- plante
- de
- Pflanze
- pt
- planta
Common compounds
- 移植transplanting (a plant), transplant, grafting
- 植物plant, vegetation
- 入植settlement, immigration, entering a (Japanese) settlement
- 植民地colony, (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)
- 植樹tree-planting
- 植林afforestation
- 植木garden plant, garden tree, potted plant
- 植えるto plant, to grow, to raise
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