音読み: ショク
訓読み: うえる・うわる
画数: 12
部首: きへん（木）
Meaning
Plant / Grow / Set / Establish
- Basic forms
- 植える — to plant / to grow / base form
- 植えます — (I) plant / masu form
- 植えた — planted / ta form
- 植えて — plant (and…) / planting / te form
- 植えない — do not plant / negative
- 植えれば — if (someone) plants / conditional
- 植えろ・植えよ — plant! / imperative
- Other common forms
- 植えたい — want to plant / want to
- 植えられる — can plant / potential
- 植えられた — was planted / passive
- 植えられない — cannot plant / negative potential
- More
- 木を植えよう — let’s plant a tree / volitional
- 植えなかった — didn’t plant / negative past
- 植えている — is planting / progressive
植える（うえる） is an ichidan verb. It literally means “to plant,” used for trees, flowers, crops, or even ideas metaphorically (e.g., 希望を植える).
- 植物 — plant (biology)
- 植木 — garden shrub / potted plant
- 植林 — forestation
- 移植 — transplanting
- 植民地 — colony
- 植生 — vegetation
Compound Verbs - tap to expand
- 植え替える — to replant; to transplant
- 植え込む — to plant deeply; to implant
- 植え付ける — to plant; to set (seedlings)
- 植え直す — to replant; to plant again
The kanji 植 combines 木 (tree) with 直 (straight), evoking the image of standing a tree upright — that is, to “plant” or “establish.” It is used not only for growing physical plants but also in broader senses like “setting up” or “transplanting.”