殖

zhí

zh+í·2nd tone

to grow · to reproduce

Radical: 歹 Strokes: 12

Structure: Left-rightFrequency: Common

Same radical

死残殊殃殄殒殚殉歹殆殁殡

Same radical

死残殊殃殄殒殚殉歹殆殁殡歼殇殂

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Character Decomposition

殖=歹+直

Etymology

corpse

Meanings

to grow

to reproduce

zhí

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Words with 殖 91 total

skeletal remains · Taiwan pr. gǔ zhí骨殖gǔ shi to open up land for cultivation垦殖kěn zhí to breed · to reproduce · to propagate繁殖fán zhí to reproduce · to flourish生殖shēng zhí to raise; to breed (animals etc)养殖yǎng zhí growth · increase增殖zēng zhí to generate a profit · profit · yield殖利zhí lì colony · colonial殖民zhí mín (microbiology) to colonize; colonization定殖dìng zhí schizo-裂殖liè zhí reproductive organ · genitals生殖器shēng zhí qì colony殖民地zhí mín dì postcolonial后殖民hòu zhí mín colonizer · colonist · settler殖民者zhí mín zhě (zoology) cloaca; cloacal cavity泄殖腔xiè zhí qiāng fertility生殖力shēng zhí lì gonad; reproductive gland生殖腺shēng zhí xiàn svadhisthana, the navel or libido chakra, residing in the genitals生殖轮shēng zhí lún (biology) propagule繁殖体fán zhí tǐ humus (topsoil of decayed vegetation)腐殖土fǔ zhí tǔ humic acid腐殖酸fǔ zhí suān Schizomycetes (taxonomic class of fungi)裂殖菌liè zhí jūn Order Digenea (including trematode worms that parasite humans)复殖目fù zhí mù livestock or aquaculture farm养殖场yǎng zhí chǎng

Idioms with 殖 1 total Chain

inbreeding近亲繁殖jìn qīn fán zhí

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