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植 (zhí) — to plant, to cultivate (trees, crops); to establish, to set up (abstract: ideas, values, organizations)

Definition

Mostly used as a bound root meaning 'plant / embed' (e.g. 植树, 植入, 植根). On its own, 植 is rare in everyday speech — you usually see it in formal or compound words.

verb
to plantto cultivate (trees, crops)to establishto set up (abstract: ideas, values, organizations)

Examples

  • ，。
    Měi nián chūn tiān, tā men dōu huì zài shān shàng zhí shù.
    Every spring, they plant trees on the mountain.
  • 。
    Zhè ge lǐ niàn yǐ jīng zhí gēn yú rén men de xīn zhōng.
    This concept has taken root in people's hearts.
  • 。
    Zhèng fǔ jì huà zài jiāo qū zhí rù xīn de guǎn lǐ lǐ niàn.
    The government plans to establish new management concepts in the suburbs.

Origin

Sound + meaning
六书liùshū
形声xíngshēng

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùtree
Sound part声符shēngfú
直
直zhí植zhí
Same sound today

植 is made from 木, a tree, and 直, which gives the sound.

Appears in
Agriculture & Farming

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