栽

音読おんよみ: サイ

訓読くんよみ: う-える

画数かくすう: 10

部首ぶしゅ: き(木)

Meaning

Plant / Cultivate / Grow (crops) / Planting

  • 栽培さいばい — cultivation; growing plants or crops
  • 水栽培みずさいばい — hydroponic cultivation
  • 植栽しょくさい — planted trees or greenery along streets or in parks
  • 盆栽ぼんさい — bonsai; miniature potted tree
  • える — to plant; to set seedlings in the soil

With the tree radical , suggests carefully arranging and tending plants — not just putting them in the ground, but raising them so they grow well.

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