植
to plant
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How 植 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
木 (semantic, “tree”) + 直 (phonetic, zhí)
How to remember it
plant · Heisig RSH #207
木 tree + 直 straight
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 直
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 直 (zhí) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 直 sound component | zhí | straight, vertical; candid, direct, frank |
| 值 | zhí | price, value, worth |
| 置 | zhì | to lay out, to place, to set aside |
| 殖 | zhí | to breed, to spawn; to grow, to prosper |
| 稙 | zhí | grain ready for grinding |
| 埴 | zhí | soil with high clay content |
Words containing 植
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 植物化学成分 | zhí wù huà xué chéng fèn | phytochemical |
| 植物学家 | zhí wù xué jiā | botanist |
| 木本植物 | mù běn zhí wù | woody plant |
| 草本植物 | cǎo běn zhí wù | herbaceous plant |
| 多肉植物 | duō ròu zhí wù | succulent (plant) |
| 植物人 | zhí wù rén | person in a vegetative state; human vegetable |
| 植物学 | zhí wù xué | botany |
| 动植物 | dòng zhí wù | plants and animals; flora and fauna |
| 种子植物 | zhǒng zi zhí wù | seed plant |
| 植物牛油 | zhí wù niú yóu | margarine |
| 野生植物 | yě shēng zhí wù | plants in the wild |
| 野生动植物园 | yě shēng dòng zhí wù yuán | wildlife park; safari park |
| 豆科植物 | dòu kē zhí wù | legume; leguminous plant |
| 植物油 | zhí wù yóu | vegetable oil |
| 食虫植物 | shí chóng zhí wù | insectivorous plant |
| 落叶植物 | luò yè zhí wù | deciduous plant; deciduous vegetation |
| 植物人状态 | zhí wù rén zhuàng tài | vegetative state (i.e. in a coma) |
| 植物肉 | zhí wù ròu | plant-based meat |
| 杂交植物 | zá jiāo zhí wù | hybrid plant |
| 隐花植物 | yǐn huā zhí wù | Cryptogamae; cryptogamous plant (botany); plants such as algae 藻類|藻类[zao3 lei4], moss 苔蘚|苔… |