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殖 = 歹 + 直
殖 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “augment”. It is built from 歹 (death) and 直 (straightaway). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 874.
- Keyword
- augment
- RTK frame
- 874
- Strokes
- 12
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ショク
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- ふ.える, ふ.やす
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- увеличение
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 殖 breed
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 殖 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “death” + “straightaway”. 殖 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 殖 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.