殖 zhí to breed
to breed; to spawn
怎么记住“殖”: 歹 wicked + 直 straight = to breed. Past the wicked bears waiting on the rocks, the salmon swim straight upstream to breed, while the old fisherman watches.
部件结构
殖 = 歹 wicked + 直 straight
- 歹 wicked
- 直 straight
- 十 ten
- 目 eye
Past the wicked bears waiting on the rocks, the salmon swim straight upstream to breed, while the old fisherman watches.
用法
- To breed/reproduce/multiply: 繁殖 (fánzhí) to breed/reproduce, 养殖 (yǎngzhí) to farm/raise (fish, livestock).
- 养殖 is farming animals/aquatic life for production: 水产养殖 aquaculture.
- 殖民 (zhímín) = to colonize; 殖民地 (zhímíndì) a colony: note this specific reading/sense.
- 生殖 (shēngzhí) = reproduction (biological).