殖 zhí to breed
to breed; to spawn
How to remember 殖: 歹 bare bones + 直 straight = to breed. Past the bare bones of last year's fish, the salmon the old fisherman watches swim straight upstream to breed.
Component breakdown
殖 = 歹 bare bones + 直 straight
- 歹 bare bones
- 直 straight
- 十 ten
- 目 eye
Past the bare bones of last year's fish, the salmon the old fisherman watches swim straight upstream to breed.
How it is used
- To breed/reproduce/multiply - 繁殖 (fánzhí) to breed/reproduce, 养殖 (yǎngzhí) to farm/raise (fish, livestock).
- 养殖 is farming animals/aquatic life for production: 水产养殖 aquaculture.
- 殖民 (zhímín) = to colonize; 殖民地 (zhímíndì) a colony - note this specific reading/sense.
- 生殖 (shēngzhí) = reproduction (biological).