殖

breed; augment; increase; multiply; raise

12 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1362.

Readings

• ショク (on reading): 繁殖 (はんしょく) breeding; 増殖 (ぞうしょく) increase
• ふえる (kun reading): 生めよ、殖えよ、地に満てよ (うめよ、ふえよ、ちにみてよ) be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth
• ふやす (kun reading): 貯金を殖やす (ちょきんをふやす) to increase one's savings

Components

• 歹
• 直
• 十 radical ten
• 歹 radical death; bare bone
• 目 radical eye

Words using 殖

• 繁殖 (はんしょく) breeding
• 増殖 (ぞうしょく) increase
• 生殖 (せいしょく) reproduction
• 養殖 (ようしょく) aquaculture
• 繁殖牝馬 (はんしょくひんば) broodmare (horse breeding)
• 生めよ、殖えよ、地に満てよ (うめよ、ふえよ、ちにみてよ) be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth
• 貯金を殖やす (ちょきんをふやす) to increase one's savings

71 words in all.

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