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Translingual
Stroke order
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Japan
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Han character
植 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木十月一 (DJBM), four-corner 44916, composition ⿰木直)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 536, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15023
- Dae Jaweon: page 923, character 23
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1225, character 8
- Unihan data for U+690D
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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置
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*tɯɡs
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值
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*dɯɡs, *dɯɡ
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植
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*dɯɡs, *djɯɡ
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埴
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*tʰjɯɡs, *djɯɡ
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惪
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*tɯːɡ
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德
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*tɯːɡ
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稙
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*tɯɡ
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淔
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*tʰɯɡ
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直
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*dɯɡ
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犆
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*dɯɡ
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殖
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*djɯɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *dɯɡs, *djɯɡ) : semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 直 (OC *dɯɡ).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Pinyin): zhí (zhi2)
- (Zhuyin): ㄓˊ
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zi2
- (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җы (žɨ, I)
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zik6
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): zet5
- Gan (Wiktionary): ciit7
- Hakka
- (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̍t
- (Meixian, Guangdong): ced6
- Jin (Wiktionary): zeh5
- Northern Min (KCR): cĭ
- Eastern Min (BUC): sĭk
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): sia̍k / se̍k / si̍t / se̍t / ti̍t
- (Teochew, Peng'im): sêg4 / sig8 / sêg8
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 8zeq / 8dzeq
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zhr6
Note:
- sia̍k/se̍k - literary;
- si̍t/se̍t - vernacular.
Note:
- sêg4 - literary;
- sig8/sêg8 - vernacular (sêg8 - Jieyang).
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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植
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植
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植
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Reading #
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1/3
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2/3
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3/3
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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zhí
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zhí
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zhí
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Middle Chinese
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‹ driH ›
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‹ driH ›
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‹ dzyik ›
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Old Chinese
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/*N-t<r>ək-s/
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/*m-t<r>ək-s/
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/*m-tək/
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English
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grow, flourish
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to plant, set upright
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to plant; plants
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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植
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植
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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No.
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17263
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17273
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Phonetic component
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直
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直
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Rime group
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代
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職
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Rime subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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值
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寔
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Old Chinese
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/*dɯɡs/
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/*djɯɡ/
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Definitions
植
- to plant; to grow; to cultivate
- 植樹/植树 ― zhíshù ― to plant trees
- to set up; to establish
- plant; flora
- 植被 ― zhíbèi ― vegetation
- a surname
Synonyms
- 培植 (péizhí)
- 栽
- 栽培 (zāipéi)
- 栽植 (zāizhí) (chiefly to transplant)
- 栽種/栽种 (zāizhòng)
- 樹/树 (shù) (obsolete)
- 盤栽/盘栽 (Xiamen Hokkien, chiefly to transplant, Zhangzhou Hokkien, chiefly to transplant)
- 移栽 (yízāi) (chiefly to transplant)
- 種/种 (zhòng)
- 種植/种植 (zhòngzhí)
- 種樹/种树 (zhòngshù) (Classical Chinese)
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
植
(Third grade kyōiku kanji)
- plant
Readings
The reading ちょく is preferred in the typesetting/printing industry for words such as, and related to, 植字.
Korean
Etymology 1
Hanja
植 (eumhun 심을 식 (simeul sik))
- hanja form? of 식 (“to plant”)
Compounds
Etymology 2
Hanja
植 (eumhun 둘 치 (dul chi))
- (obsolete) Alternative form of 置 (“hanja form? of 치 (“to put”)”)
Vietnamese
Han character
植: Hán Nôm readings: thực
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