植

zhí

to plant

wood (木) + straight sound (直) = to plant

The wood radical grounds the meaning in trees and planting. 直 mainly gives the sound zhí; picture a sapling driven straight into the earth.

木+直→植
木WoodSemantic
直StraightPhonetic

春天到了,我们去山上植树吧。

chūn tiān dào le , wǒ men qù shān shàng zhí shù ba 。

Spring has come, let's go plant trees on the mountain.

这个村子每年都会组织村民种植果树。

zhè ge cūn zi měi nián dōu huì zǔ zhī cūn mín zhòng zhí guǒ shù 。

This village organizes villagers to plant fruit trees every year.

Words with 植

植树节

zhí shù jié

Arbor Day (March 12th), also known as National Tree Planting Day 全民義務植樹日|全民义务植树日[Quan2 min2 Yi4 wu4 Zhi2 shu4 ri4]

动植物

dòng zhí wù

plants and animals

种植园

zhòng zhí yuán

plantation

植被

zhí bèi

vegetation

植牙

zhí yá

dental implant

野生动植物园

yě shēng dòng zhí wù yuán

wildlife park

野生植物

yě shēng zhí wù

plants in the wild

针叶植物

zhēn yè zhí wù

needle-leaved plant (e.g. pine tree)

隐花植物

yǐn huā zhí wù

cryptogamous plant (botany)

杂交植物

zá jiāo zhí wù

hybrid plant

显花植物

xiǎn huā zhí wù

flowering plants

骨髓移植

gǔ suǐ yí zhí

(medicine) bone marrow transplant

More characters with 木

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