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fertility

Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingヨウ、ヨク、オク

Kun readingそそ.ぐ

Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

fertility
開拓民たちは谷間の土地が肥沃であることを知った。The settlers learned that the land in the valley was fertile.tatoeba
河川の盆地には普通肥沃な農地がある。The basin of a river usually has rich farmland.tatoeba
irrigateRtK

Radicals and components

Radical水water 氵variant 氺variant

Components

How it's built

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · sapling

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 459

Compound words

fertile fields or plain

菲沃斯ひよす

henbane (Hyoscyamus niger)

沃度丁幾ヨードチンキ

tincture of iodine

沃野千里よくやせんり

vast expanse of fertile land

Additional Examples

以前は肥沃な平野であったのに今では荒れ地にすぎなくなっている。

Now there is nothing but desert, where there used to be a fertile plain.tatoeba

そこにはトウモロコシを栽培できる肥沃な土地がある。

It has fertile soil where corn be grown.tatoeba

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 沃

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step