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RTK / HeisigFrame #516

cultivate

Lv 48

Strokes: 11

JLPT: N1

Jōyō: Not Jōyō

Meanings

cultivate RTK

Community Mnemonic

778 votes

To cultivate the land is to tame it, control it. In short, you muzzle it's unruly, chaotic nature. 培う つちかう to cultivate, to foster; 栽培 (さいばい) : cultivation.

Source: Kanji Koohii community

Radical Components

On'yomi

ばい

Kun'yomi

つちか

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