殖

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to grow; to reproduce

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

歹 meaning “corpse” + 直 sound ( zhí )

Components 歹直

breed · Heisig RSH #1964

bones + 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
新殖民主义	xīn zhí mín zhǔ yì	neocolonialism
无性生殖	wú xìng shēng zhí	asexual reproduction
有性生殖	yǒu xìng shēng zhí	sexual reproduction
新殖民化	xīn zhí mín huà	neocolonialization
殖民主义	zhí mín zhǔ yì	colonialism
半殖民地	bàn zhí mín dì	semicolonial
生殖器官	shēng zhí qì guān	reproductive organ
海水养殖	hǎi shuǐ yǎng zhí	aquaculture
半封建半殖民地	bàn fēng jiàn bàn zhí mín dì	semifeudal and semicolonial (the official Marxist description of China in the late Qing an…
生殖力	shēng zhí lì	fertility
生殖器	shēng zhí qì	reproductive organ; genitals
殖民地	zhí mín dì	colony
水产养殖	shuǐ chǎn yǎng zhí	aquaculture
生殖系统	shēng zhí xì tǒng	reproductive system
后殖民	hòu zhí mín	postcolonial
殖民者	zhí mín zhě	colonizer; colonist; settler
同配生殖	tóng pèi shēng zhí	isogamy
生殖轮	shēng zhí lún	svadhisthana, the navel or libido chakra, residing in the genitals
生殖细胞	shēng zhí xì bāo	germ cell; reproductive cell
复殖目	fù zhí mù	Order Digenea (including trematode worms that parasite humans)

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
植	zhí	tree, plant; to grow
稙	zhí	grain ready for grinding
埴	zhí	soil with high clay content