| Kanji | 殖 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | ショク |
| Kunyomi | ふ.える、ふ.やす |
| Nanori | うえ, え, げ |
| English | augment, increase, multiply, raise |
| Examples | 殖える(ふえる): to increase; to multiply 繁殖(はんしょく): breed; multiply; increase; propagation 殖やす(ふやす): to increase; to add to; to augment |
| JLPT Level | 1 |
| Jouyou Grade | S |
| Frequency | 1362 |
| Components | 歹: bare bone; bad; wrong; death radical (n. 78) 直: straightaway; honesty; frankness; fix; repair |
| Number of Strokes | 12 |
| Kanji Radical | 歹 |
| Radical Number | 78 |
| Radical Strokes | 4 |
| Radical Reading | がつ・がってん・がつへん・かばね・かばねへん・いちたへん |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 形声 Phonetic |
| Keyword | augment |
| Koohii Story 1 | Advertisement for Breast Implants -- Tired of nights all alone? Want to get boned straightaway? AUGMENT your breasts and all your troubles will be solved! |
| Koohii Story 2 | In the movie “Gattaca”, Vincent Freeman (played by Ethan Hawke) augments his size by straightening his bones (his legs), in order to match up with the genetically “perfect” population, and reach his goal of travelling in space. The stretching of his lower leg bones involved multiplying the bone cells, another sense of this key word. |
| RTK Index | 811 |
Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1001-1500, kanji_counting_handling.amounts
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