栽

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to plant; to grow; to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign); to impose sth on sb; to stumble; to fall down

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

木 meaning “tree” + 戈 sound ( gē )

Components 戈木

sow · Heisig RSH #1663

Thanksgiving + 木 tree

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成阴	yǒu yì zāi huā huā bù fā , wú xīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yīn	lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it g…
前人栽树，后人乘凉	qián rén zāi shù , hòu rén chéng liáng	to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom)
一头栽进	yī tóu zāi jìn	to plunge into; to run headlong into
栽种机	zāi zhòng jī	a mechanical planter (for rice, plants)
无土栽培	wú tǔ zāi péi	soilless cultivation (e.g. hydroponics)
多栽花少栽刺	duō zāi huā shǎo zāi cì	talk nicely and avoid disputes; give compliments and not remarks
栽子	zāi zi	seedling; young plant
地栽	dì zāi	to grow in open ground (as opposed to pot cultivation 盆栽[pen2 zai1])
栽跟头	zāi gēn tou	to fall head over heels; (fig.) to come a cropper
栽倒	zāi dǎo	to take a fall
栽筋斗	zāi jīn dǒu	to tumble; to fall head over heels; (fig.) to take a tumble
栽种	zāi zhòng	to plant; to grow
移栽	yí zāi	to transplant (horticulture, agriculture)
倒栽葱	dào zāi cōng	to fall headlong; (fig.) to suffer an ignominious failure
认栽	rèn zāi	to admit defeat
栽植	zāi zhí	to plant; to transplant
盆栽	pén zāi	to grow (a plant) in a pot; potted plant (sometimes refers specifically to a bonsai plant)
栽培	zāi péi	to grow; to cultivate; to train; to educate; to patronize
栽赃	zāi zāng	to frame sb (by planting sth on them)

Characters sharing the sound component 戈 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
戈 sound part	gē	spear, lance, halberd
畿	jī	imperial domain; area near the capital
戤	gài	to infringe upon a trademark