培
培 — Cultivate
cultivate, foster
On’yomiバイ (bai)
Kun’yomiつちかう (tsuchikau)
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 培
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 栽培 | さいばい saibai | cultivation |
| 培養 | ばいよう baiyou | culture; cultivation; cultivation (of plants) |
| 培う | つちかう tsuchikau | to cultivate; to foster |
Study notes
培 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1431 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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