植

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to plant

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

木 meaning “tree” + 直 sound ( zhí )

Components 木直

plant · Heisig RSH #207

木 tree + 直 straight

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
植物化学成分	zhí wù huà xué chéng fèn	phytochemical
植物学家	zhí wù xué jiā	botanist
木本植物	mù běn zhí wù	woody plant
草本植物	cǎo běn zhí wù	herbaceous plant
多肉植物	duō ròu zhí wù	succulent (plant)
植物人	zhí wù rén	person in a vegetative state; human vegetable
植物学	zhí wù xué	botany
动植物	dòng zhí wù	plants and animals; flora and fauna
种子植物	zhǒng zi zhí wù	seed plant
植物牛油	zhí wù niú yóu	margarine
野生植物	yě shēng zhí wù	plants in the wild
野生动植物园	yě shēng dòng zhí wù yuán	wildlife park; safari park
豆科植物	dòu kē zhí wù	legume; leguminous plant
植物油	zhí wù yóu	vegetable oil
食虫植物	shí chóng zhí wù	insectivorous plant
落叶植物	luò yè zhí wù	deciduous plant; deciduous vegetation
植物人状态	zhí wù rén zhuàng tài	vegetative state (i.e. in a coma)
植物肉	zhí wù ròu	plant-based meat
杂交植物	zá jiāo zhí wù	hybrid plant
隐花植物	yǐn huā zhí wù	Cryptogamae; cryptogamous plant (botany); plants such as algae 藻類\|藻类[zao3 lei4], moss 苔蘚\|苔…

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
直 sound part	zhí	straight, vertical; candid, direct, frank
值	zhí	price, value, worth
置	zhì	to lay out, to place, to set aside
殖	zhí	to breed, to spawn; to grow, to prosper
稙	zhí	grain ready for grinding
埴	zhí	soil with high clay content