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Kotomora

栽

plantation, planting

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes10

Readings

On'yomi

  • サイ

Kun'yomi

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Meaning

栽 centers on putting plants into the ground to grow: planting and the resulting plantation. The idea is deliberate cultivation rather than wild growth.

Most common words using 栽

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  • 栽培さいばい
    N2

    cultivation

  • 盆栽ぼんさい
    N1

    bonsai; miniature potted plant

  • 植栽しょくさい

    raising plants; cultivating (vegetation); planting

  • 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.)

  • 前栽せんざい

    garden; trees and flowers in a garden

  • 前栽物せんざいもの

    greens; vegetables

  • 単一栽培たんいつさいばい

    monoculture

  • 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

  • 有機栽培ゆうきさいばい

    organic farming; organic cultivation

  • 果樹栽培かじゅさいばい

    fruit growing; pomiculture

  • 果樹栽培者かじゅさいばいしゃ

    orchardist; fruit grower

  • 栽培化さいばいか

    crop domestication

  • 栽培品種さいばいひんしゅ

    cultivar; agrotype

  • 栽培家さいばいか

    grower; farmer

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Etymology

栽 combines 木 (tree/plant) with a phonetic component that also appears in 裁 and 載. The phonetic likely contributed the sound サイ and the overall structure suggests planting or setting plants into the ground.

Meaning mnemonic

The top-left part looks like a tool (戈) digging into the earth (土), and the lower part is a tree (木). Picture a gardener using a tool to plant a tree in the soil.

Reading mnemonic

For サイ, imagine planting a sighing tree: sigh -> サイ, and each sigh helps the tree settle into the plantation.