0148 - 植[식/치] - 심다 - plant, trees, plants; grow

The Story [이야기] :

• This is a pictophonetic character.  "Tree" 木 suggests the meaning, while 直[직 → 식] suggests the sound.  If one plants trees properly, the trees 木 will grow vertically upright 直.
• If the meaning is "to set something in its place", 치 is used.

Stroke Order [획순] :

New Vocabulary [새로운 단어] :

식목 [植木] - planting trees; forestation; tree planting
식목일 [植木日] - tree-planting day; Arbor Day
식목하다 [植木하다] - plant trees; transplant trees
식물 [植物] - a plant; vegetation; plant [vegetable] life
식물학 [植物學] - botany
동식물 [動植物] - animals and plants; fauna and flora
자생식물 [自生植物] - native[wild, voluntary] plants
식물인간 [植物人間] - a human vegetable
식민 [植民] - colonization; settlement; a colonist; a settler
식민하다 [植民하다] - colonize; settle; plant a colony
식민지 [植民地] - colony, settlement

 

Example Sentences [예문] :

4月 5日은 韓國에서 植木日이다.
April 5th is Arbor Day in Korea.

의사들은 그女가 회복가능성이 없는 植物人間 상태로 지속될 것이라고 말했다.
Doctors say she is in a continual vegetable-like state with no hope of recovery.