殖

殖 — augment, increase, multiply

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 12
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1362 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: しょく shoku
Kun'yomi: ふ.える fu.eru

ふ.やす fu.yasu

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 殖

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

繁殖はんしょく breeding JLPT N1