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zāi

to cultivate, to plant, to tend

🔤 Pictophonetic: 木 (tree) provides meaning, 戈 provides pronunciation
HSK 6 10 strokes Common (24%)

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⿹戈木 i

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Component Tree i

spear, lance, halberd
📷 Pictographic: A spear pointing to the bottom-right
4 strokes
tree; wood, lumber; wooden
📷 Pictographic: A tree
4 strokes HSK 5

Words Using 栽 (16)

zāipéi
栽培
HSK 6
to grow / to cultivate / to train / to educate / to patronize
zāi
to grow / to plant / to insert / to force on sb / to fall head first
pénzāi
盆栽
growing plants in pots / Japanese: bonsai
zāidǎo
栽倒
to take a fall
yǒuyìzāihuāhuābùfā,wúxīnchāliǔliǔchéngyīn
有意栽花花不发,无心插柳柳成阴
lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree / fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect / well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it
zāizi
栽子
seedling / young plant
zāizhí
栽植
to plant / to transplant
zāizhòng
栽种
to plant / to grow
zāizhòngjī
栽种机
a mechanical planter (for rice, plants)
zāizāng
栽赃
to frame sb (by planting sth on them)
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