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培
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cultivate

HSK 4 N1
Human →Actions →Making
péi
バイ
つちか.う
배, 부
Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 咅 represents the sound.
Components
土 earth+ 咅 spit =
培 cultivate
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
soil, earth
咅 Phonetic component
pǒu spit
to spit out
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Notes
Similar Characters
压 oppress (simp)厓 precipice圩 dike圪 phonetic圬 plaster over with圮 ruined圯 bank地 ground/earth圳 furrow in field圹 prairie (simp)场 open space (simp)圻 border (alt)圼 圾 trash址 address坂 slope均 equal坊 workshop坌 earth坍 landslide
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
培
Regular
Modern
Chinese
培 [péi]
to bank up with earth; to cultivate (lit. or fig.); to train (people)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
培 ばい
Bai given name
CHINESE WORDS (62)
培养 [péi​yǎng] #5,203
to cultivate
培养 [péi​yǎng] #5,203
to cultivate
培训 [péi​xùn] #6,032
to cultivate
培训 [péi​xùn] #6,032
to cultivate
培育 [péi​yù] #16,192
to train
培根 [péi​gēn] #10,872
bacon (loanword)
培训班 [péi​xùn​bān] #22,343
training class
培训班 [péi​xùn​bān] #22,343
training class
栽培 [zāi​péi] #23,188
to grow
戈培尔 [Gē​péi​'ěr] #19,366
Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945), German Nazi leader and politician
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JAPANESE WORDS (45)
⭐ 栽培 [さいばい] #12,652
cultivation
⭐ 培う [つちかう] #13,012
to cultivate
⭐ 培養 [ばいよう] #26,214
culture
純粋培養 [じゅんすいばいよう] #55,841
clean (pure) culture
培養液 [ばいようえき] #70,045
culture fluid
促成栽培 [そくせいさいばい] #93,717
forcing (plants, vegetables, etc.)
有機栽培 [ゆうきさいばい] #102,302
organic farming
温室栽培 [おんしつさいばい] #102,989
greenhouse horticulture
水耕栽培 [すいこうさいばい] #121,178
hydroponics
培地 [ばいち] #127,215
culture medium
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KOREAN WORDS (1)
배양
cultivation