The kanji 培: meaning, readings and stroke order

培

Meaning: cultivate, foster
On reading: バイ bai
Kun reading: つちか（う） tsuchikau
Strokes: 11
Radical: 土 earth
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: vun trồng, bồi đắp (bồi)
Japanese: つちをかけてそだてる。ちからをやしなう。
Korean: 가꾸다, 기르다 (배)
Chinese: 栽培、培养

Readings, words and example sentences

バイ bai · on reading · less common

栽さい培ばい
growing (plants)
教室でトマトを 栽さい培ばいします。
We grow tomatoes in the classroom.

つちか（う） tsuchikau · kun reading · less common

培つちかう
to build up, to develop
毎日の練習で力を 培つちかいます。
We build up our skills with practice every day.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.