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zhí · to breed, to spawn

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殖=
歹dǎicorpse
+直zhístraight, vertical
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12Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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歹Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 殖

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zhíWords pronounced zhí
shiWords pronounced shi
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Example sentences

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Shù yuè hòu, tā mén huí dào le běi jí de fán zhí dì.數月後，牠們回到了北極的繁殖地。

A few months later they return to their breeding grounds in the Arctic.

Source: Tatoeba #346147 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tái wān céng jīng shì rì běn de zhí mín dì.台灣曾經是日本的殖民地。

Taiwan was once a colony of Japan.

Source: Tatoeba #13249708 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yǎ ní huà de huā kàn qǐ lái xiàng nǚ xìng shēng zhí qì.雅尼畫的花看起來像女性生殖器。

Yanni painted flowers that looked like vaginas.

Source: Tatoeba #13561187 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yǒu rén shuō zhōng guó xiàng shì é guó de zhí mín dì.有人說中國像是俄國的殖民地。

Some say that China was like a Russian colony.

Source: Tatoeba #6111889 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Ní rì lì yā céng jīng shì yīng guó de zhí mín dì.尼日利亞曾經是英國的殖民地。

At one time Nigeria was a British colony.

Source: Tatoeba #459013 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Kěn ní yā céng jīng shì yīng guó de zhí mín dì.肯尼亞曾經是英國的殖民地。

Kenya used to be a British colony.

Source: Tatoeba #722841 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 殖 in context

  1. Say zhí, then recall the core meaning: to breed, to spawn.
  2. Write all 12 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 繁殖 (fán zhí), meaning “to breed”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 殖 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.