Hanja Analyzer
植

植 — sik, chi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
심을 식, 방망이 치
Romanization
sik, chi
English
plant, trees, plants; grow
Mandarin
zhí
Japanese on'yomi
ショク, ジ, ジキ, シ, チ, チョク
Japanese kun'yomi
う.える う.わる
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 3
Newspaper frequency
#699 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Radical
木 (75, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
直
Unicode
U+690D

Parts that make up 植

  • 木 나무 목, 나무에 서화를 새길 모 뿌리와 가지를 벌린 나무나무와 나무로 만든 것, 식물
  • 直 곧을 직sound 눈으로 곧게 겨눈 모양곧은 것. ‘직·치’ 계열의 소리

How 植 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 植 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 木, 直.

Korean example words with 植

  • 밀식密植 Korean gloss: 빽빽하게 심음
  • 식부植付 Korean gloss: 나무나 풀을 심음
  • 난식亂植 Korean gloss: 나무를 함부로 심음
  • 식립植立 Korean gloss: 심어서 똑바로 세움
  • 식재植栽 Korean gloss: 초목을 심어 재배함
  • 재식栽植 Korean gloss: 농작물이나 나무를 심음
  • 식수植樹 Korean gloss: 나무를 심음. 또는 심은 나무
  • 식목하다植木 Korean gloss: 나무를 심다
  • 식거하다植炬 Korean gloss: 밤에 임금이 나들이할 때에, 길 양쪽에 횃불을 늘여 세우다
  • 식자하다植字 Korean gloss: 활판 또는 전산 인쇄에서, 문선공이 골라 뽑은 활자를 원고대로 조판하다
  • 식물체植物體 Korean gloss: 식물로서의 유기체
  • 식수자植樹者 Korean gloss: 나무를 심는 사람

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 植

  • 移植いしょく transplanting (a plant); transplant; grafting
  • 植物しょくぶつ plant; vegetation
  • 植民地しょくみんち colony; (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)
  • 入植にゅうしょく settlement; immigration; entering a (Japanese) settlement
  • 動植物どうしょくぶつ plants and animals; flora and fauna
  • 植林しょくりん afforestation
  • 植樹しょくじゅ tree-planting
  • 植木うえき garden plant; garden tree; potted plant
  • 植物園しょくぶつえん botanical garden
  • 田植えたうえ rice planting
  • 鉢植えはちうえ potted plant; potting
  • 植え込みうえこみ thick growth of plants; plantation; shrubbery

Characters sharing the phonetic 直

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “식”

Other hanja with radical 木

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