植 means “plant”

うえる · ueru

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

うえる, うわる

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ショク

JLPT N2 · Taught in grade 3 · 12 strokes

The story

A tree (木) set straight (直) in the ground: planting. 植える is to plant, 植物 are plants, and each spring 田植え, rice planting, turns Japan's flooded paddies into neat rows of green shoots.

Used in 植える (ueru, to plant), 植物 (shokubutsu, plant), and 田植え (taue, rice planting)

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