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植民 (しょくみん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
colonization ; settlement
Refers to the act or process of establishing a colony, or the state of being colonized. Can be used in historical, political, or metaphorical contexts.
地ち
域いき
は
かつて
植しょく
民みん
地ち
だっ
た
。
This region was once a colony.
Written forms 植しょく 民みん Usage 99%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common form in modern usage.
殖しょく 民みん Usage 1%
Alternate kanji spelling; less common and may carry older or more formal connotations.
Kanji 民 people, nation, subjects 殖 augment, increase, multiply Etymology Compound of 植 (plant, establish) and 民 (people), literally meaning 'to plant people' in a new land. The spelling 殖民 uses 殖 (increase, multiply) with a similar sense.
