殖
殖 — Augment
augment, increase, multiply, raise
On’yomiショク (shoku)
Kun’yomiふえる (fueru)
Kun’yomiふやす (fuyasu)
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 殖
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 増殖 | ぞうしょく zoushoku | increase; multiplication; propagation |
| 繁殖 | はんしょく hanshoku | breeding; propagation; reproduction |
| 養殖 | ようしょく youshoku | aquaculture; culture; cultivation |
| 生殖 | せいしょく seishoku | reproduction |
| 拓殖 | たくしょく takushoku | colonization; colonisation; development |
| 殖産 | しょくさん shokusan | production increase; enhancement of one's fortune |
Study notes
殖 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1362 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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