殖zhí
to breed, to spawn; to grow, to prosper. 12 strokes, radical 歹, first met in HSK 6.
Pinyin zhíStrokes 12Radical 歹Band HSK 6Words 1
What 殖 is made of
歹 (dǎi, corpse) and 直 (zhí, straight).
歹 carries the meaning — corpse — and 直 carries the sound.
How to write 殖
Strokes 1–4 write 歹, then strokes 5–12 write 直.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 殖
Words that use 殖
| 繁殖 | to breed, reproduce 指生物产生后代以增殖数量 红番茄在试验温室里自然繁殖旺盛。The tomatoes reproduced vigorously in the trial greenhouse. Lesson 574, 明辨笃行 · 崇法明德与浩然天地 · Rule of Law, Virtue & The Noble Spirit |
Characters that share the sound part 直
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.