The kanji 殖: meaning, readings and stroke order

殖

Meaning: multiply, increase
On reading: ショク shoku
Kun reading: ふ（える） fueru、ふ（やす） fuyasu
Strokes: 12
Radical: 歹 death, decay
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: sinh sôi, tăng lên (thực)
Japanese: ふえる。ふやす。
Korean: 불어나다, 늘리다 (식)
Chinese: 繁殖、增加

Readings, words and example sentences

ショク shoku · on reading · less common

養よう殖しょく
farming (fish, shellfish)
海でかきの 養よう殖しょくをします。
People farm oysters in the sea.

ふ（える） fueru · kun reading · less common

殖ふえる
to multiply, to breed
池の魚が 殖ふえます。
The fish in the pond multiply.

ふ（やす） fuyasu · kun reading · less common

殖ふやす
to make (money) grow, to increase
元手を 殖ふやします。
He makes his starting money grow.

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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.