培
cultivate, foster
Readings
On'yomi
- バイ
Kun'yomi
- つちか.う
Meaning
培 centers on nurturing growth: cultivating plants, fostering skills, or developing something over time.
Most common words using 培
20 of 45- 栽培さいばいN2
cultivation
- 培養ばいよう
culture; cultivation
- 培うつちかう
to cultivate; to foster
- 培地ばいち
culture medium; growth medium
- テラス栽培テラスさいばい
terrace culture
- トンネル栽培トンネルさいばい
plastic tunnel crop cultivation; growing crops in long barrel-roofed vinyl greenhouses
- ハウス栽培ハウスさいばい
greenhouse cultivation
- 不耕起栽培ふこうきさいばい
no-till farming
- 作物栽培学さくもつさいばいがく
agronomy
- 促成栽培そくせいさいばい
forcing (plants, vegetables, etc.); artificially hastening the growth of plants (by controlling heat, light, etc.)
- 単一栽培たんいつさいばい
monoculture
- 培植ばいしょく
cultivation (of plants); culturing
- 培養土ばいようど
potting soil; planting mix; compost
- 培養基ばいようき
(culture) medium
- 培養士ばいようし
embryologist
- 培養液ばいようえき
culture fluid; culture solution; broth
- 培養肉ばいようにく
cultured meat; lab-grown meat; in-vitro meat; clean meat
- 寒天培地かんてんばいち
nutrient agar
- 抑制栽培よくせいさいばい
late raising; artificial slowing of growth of plants
- 施設栽培しせつさいばい
intensive cultivation; greenhouse farming
Study
Etymology
培 combines 土 (earth) with 咅, which likely contributes the sound and may relate to adding or piling up, suggesting building up soil for cultivation.
Meaning mnemonic
Earth 土 is piled up around the right side 咅, like a farmer mounding soil to cultivate and foster healthy plants.
Reading mnemonic
For バイ, imagine buying rich soil to cultivate a garden: buy -> バイ, and the earth 土 helps your plants grow.