培 péi
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- Made of
- 土 soil, earth 咅 to spit out
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
培育
péiyù
to cultivate; to grow
Characters in this word
育 yù
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 培育小树苗。 Péi yù xiǎo shù miáo. Grow small tree seedlings.
- 老师培育学生。 Lǎo shī péi yù xué sheng. Teachers nurture students.
- 农民培育新品种。 Nóng mín péi yù xīn pǐn zhǒng. Farmers grow new varieties.