植
植 — Plant
plant
On’yomiショク (shoku)
Kun’yomiうえる (ueru)
Kun’yomiうわる (uwaru)
Stroke order (12 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 植
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 移植 | いしょく ishoku | transplanting (a plant); transplant; grafting |
| 植物 | しょくぶつ shokubutsu | plant; vegetation |
| 植民地 | しょくみんち shokuminchi | colony; (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil) |
| 入植 | にゅうしょく nyuushoku | settlement; immigration; entering a (Japanese) settlement |
| 動植物 | どうしょくぶつ doushokubutsu | plants and animals; flora and fauna |
| 植林 | しょくりん shokurin | afforestation |
Study notes
植 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 3), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #699 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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