殖
zhíshi HSK6

grow, reproduce

Phonosemantic compound. 歹 represents the meaning and 直 represents the sound.

Components

歹
歹 Meaning component
dǎi, è, dāi evil, bad
直
直 Sound component
zhí straight

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzyikN-tək grow, flourish (v.)
dzyikm-tək plant (v.)

說文解字

《說文》:“殖,脂膏久,殖也。从歺,直聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica