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Chinese
sow; scatter; spread
sow; scatter; spread; broadcast
to plant; to cultivate; kind
to plant; to cultivate; kind; type; race; breed; seed; species (taxonomy)
trad. (播種 )
播
種
simp. (播种 )
播
种
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Verb
播⫽種 (verb-object )
( intransitive ) to sow seeds
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
播種 (“to sow seeds”)
Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
下種
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
播種 , 撒種 , 下種 , 下子
Northeastern Mandarin
Taiwan
播種 , 撒種
Jilu Mandarin
Jinan
下種 , 播種
Central Plains Mandarin
Xining
下種
Xuzhou
下種
Pizhou
下種
Lianyungang (Ganyu)
下種 , 撒種
Donghai
點種 , 撒種
Lanyin Mandarin
Yinchuan
撒種
Lanzhou
下子 , 下種
Ürümqi
下種
Southwestern Mandarin
Liuzhou
播種 , 撒種
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
下種 , 播種 , 撒種
Yangzhou
下種 , 播種
Baoying
下種
Taizhou
下種
Zhenjiang
下種
Lianyungang
溜種 , 擱種
Huai'an (Huaiyin)
下種
Xuyi
下種
Nantong
下種
Rugao
下種
Yancheng
下種
Funing
下種
Sihong
下種
Cantonese
Guangzhou
落種
Hong Kong
播種
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
下種 , 落種
Macau
落種
Guangzhou (Panyu)
落種
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
撒秧
Guangzhou (Conghua)
撒秧
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
落種
Foshan
播種
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
落種
Foshan (Shunde)
落種
Foshan (Sanshui)
下種
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
下秧
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
下種
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
下種
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
落種
Zhuhai (Doumen)
下種
Jiangmen (Baisha)
下秧
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
下秧
Taishan
下秧
Kaiping (Chikan)
下秧
Enping (Niujiang)
下秧
Heshan (Yayao)
下秧
Dongguan
落種
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
下秧
Gan
Lichuan
下種
Hakka
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
下秧 , 下種
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
下種
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
下種 , 下穀種
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
落穀
Jin
Taiyuan
種子子
Xinzhou
滴子兒
Northern Min
Jian'ou
下種 , 撒種
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
䆊種
Southern Min
Xiamen
掖種 , 放種 , 落種 , 落塗
Quanzhou
掖種 , 掖子 , 掖秧 , 落種 , 落塗
Jinjiang
掖種
Zhangzhou
掖種 , 掖子 , 放子 , 落種 , 落塗
Tainan
掖種
Chaozhou
落種
Jieyang
掖種 , 落塗
Haikou
掖種
Zhongshan Min
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
下秧
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
撒種
Wu
Shanghai (Chongming)
下種子
Suzhou
落種
Wuxi
落穀
Nantong (Haimen)
落穀
Changzhou
落穀
Danyang
下種
Nanjing (Gaochun)
下種
Hangzhou
下種
Wenzhou
間種
Xiang
Changsha
下種
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
播種
( transitive ) to grow by sowing seeds
Japanese
Etymology 1
Appears to be a learned borrowing from Chinese 播種 / 播种 . Ultimately from Middle Chinese compound 播種 / 播种 ( paH tsyowngX , literally “ to sow + seed ” ) or 播種 / 播种 ( paH tsyowngH , literally “ to sow + to sow ” ) . First cited in Japanese to 1872.
Pronunciation
Noun
播( は ) 種( しゅ ) • (hashu )
sowing , the spreading of seed on the ground for growing a crop
Synonym: 種蒔き ( tanemaki )
( rare , medicine ) dissemination ( the spreading out of cells within the body, particularly cells of an invasive disease or of cancer )
Synonyms: 散在 ( sanzai ) , 汎発 ( hanpatsu )
Hyponym: 転移 ( ten'i , “ metastasis ” )
Derived terms
Verb
播( は ) 種( しゅ ) する • (hashu suru ) suru (stem 播( は ) 種( しゅ ) し ( hashu shi ) , past 播( は ) 種( しゅ ) した ( hashu shita ) )
( transitive ) to sow , to spread seed on the ground for growing a crop
Synonym: 種蒔き ( tanemaki )
( rare , intransitive , medicine ) to disseminate ( to spread out within the body, particularly for cells of an invasive disease or of cancer )
Synonyms: 散在 ( sanzai ) , 汎発 ( hanpatsu )
Hyponym: 転移 ( ten'i , “ metastasize ” )
Conjugation
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")
播種し
はしゅし
hashu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
播種し
はしゅし
hashu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")
播種する
はしゅする
hashu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")
播種する
はしゅする
hashu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")
播種すれ
はしゅすれ
hashu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")
播種せよ¹ 播種しろ²
はしゅせよ¹ はしゅしろ²
hashu seyo¹ hashu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive
播種される
はしゅされる
hashu sareru
Causative
播種させる 播種さす
はしゅさせる はしゅさす
hashu saseru hashu sasu
Potential
播種できる
はしゅできる
hashu dekiru
Volitional
播種しよう
はしゅしよう
hashu shiyō
Negative
播種しない
はしゅしない
hashu shinai
Negative continuative
播種せず
はしゅせず
hashu sezu
Formal
播種します
はしゅします
hashu shimasu
Perfective
播種した
はしゅした
hashu shita
Conjunctive
播種して
はしゅして
hashu shite
Hypothetical conditional
播種すれば
はしゅすれば
hashu sureba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
Etymology 2
Variation of hashu reading, using the kan'yōon of han for the first character. First cited to 1879.
Pronunciation
Noun
播( はん ) 種( しゅ ) • (hanshu )
( rare ) sowing , the spreading of seed on the ground for growing a crop
Synonym: 種蒔き ( tanemaki )
( medicine ) dissemination ( the spreading out of cells within the body, particularly cells of an invasive disease or of cancer )
Hyponym: 転移 ( ten'i , “ metastasis ” )
Verb
播( はん ) 種( しゅ ) する • (hanshu suru ) suru (stem 播( はん ) 種( しゅ ) し ( hanshu shi ) , past 播( はん ) 種( しゅ ) した ( hanshu shita ) )
( rare , transitive ) to sow , to spread seed on the ground for growing a crop
Synonym: 種蒔き ( tanemaki )
( intransitive , medicine ) to disseminate ( to spread out within the body, particularly for cells of an invasive disease or of cancer )
Hyponym: 転移 ( ten'i , “ metastasize ” )
Usage notes
Although some dictionaries list this separate reading with a distinct sense, other dictionaries do not list any hanshu reading, and if they include the medical dissemination sense, they do so under the hanshu reading.
The Microsoft IME for Japanese only recognizes the hashu reading for this kanji compound.
Conjugation
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")
播種し
はしゅし
hashu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
播種し
はしゅし
hashu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")
播種する
はしゅする
hashu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")
播種する
はしゅする
hashu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")
播種すれ
はしゅすれ
hashu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")
播種せよ¹ 播種しろ²
はしゅせよ¹ はしゅしろ²
hashu seyo¹ hashu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive
播種される
はしゅされる
hashu sareru
Causative
播種させる 播種さす
はしゅさせる はしゅさす
hashu saseru hashu sasu
Potential
播種できる
はしゅできる
hashu dekiru
Volitional
播種しよう
はしゅしよう
hashu shiyō
Negative
播種しない
はしゅしない
hashu shinai
Negative continuative
播種せず
はしゅせず
hashu sezu
Formal
播種します
はしゅします
hashu shimasu
Perfective
播種した
はしゅした
hashu shita
Conjunctive
播種して
はしゅして
hashu shite
Hypothetical conditional
播種すれば
はしゅすれば
hashu sureba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
Further reading
References
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 “播種 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo : Shogakukan , 2006
↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira , editor (2006 ), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo : Sanseidō , →ISBN
↑ 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997 ), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo : Sanseidō , →ISBN
↑ 4.0 4.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute , editor (1998 ), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo : NHK Publishing, Inc. , →ISBN
^ Shinmura, Izuru , editor (1998 ), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo : Iwanami Shoten , →ISBN
^ “DIC”, in goo辞書 (in Japanese) (dictionary), Goo, 2014 December 23 (last accessed), archived from the original on 2021-10-24
^ “播種 ”, in デジタル大辞泉 (in Japanese), Tōkyō : Shogakukan , updated roughly every four months