栽 zāi to cultivate
to cultivate; to plant; to tend
怎么记住“栽”: 𢦏 wound + 木 tree = to cultivate. Grandpa cleans the wound in the bark of the young tree and shows his granddaughter how to cultivate it with care.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
栽 = 𢦏 wound + 木 tree
- 𢦏 wound sound
- 木 tree meaning
Grandpa cleans the wound in the bark of the young tree and shows his granddaughter how to cultivate it with care.
How it came to be
The tree gives the meaning and the other part gives the sound.
用法
- To plant/cultivate: 栽树 (zāi shù) to plant a tree, 栽培 (zāipéi) to cultivate (also figurative: to nurture/mentor someone).
- Two idiomatic senses: 栽跟头 (zāi gēntou) to take a tumble / suffer a setback, and 栽赃 (zāizāng) to frame someone by planting evidence.