zāi

to cultivate

Components
戈 sound component

  Sound component

  

spear

木 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

tree

tree

Evolution

栽 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
栽 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
栽 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
栽 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

zāi

to cultivate, plant; to care for plants; to grow; to plant; to insert; to force on sb; to fall head first

Most common words with 栽
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to grow

栽培

to grow

栽赃

to frame sb (by planting sth on them)

盆栽

Japanese: bonsai

栽种

to plant