播種

See also: 播种

Chinese
 
sow; scatter; spread
sow; scatter; spread; broadcast
 
to plant; to cultivate; kind
to plant; to cultivate; kind; type; race; breed; seed; species (taxonomy)
trad. (播種) 播 種
simp. (播种) 播 种

Pronunciation

Verb

播⫽種 (verb-object)

  1. (intransitive) to sow seeds
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 播種 (“to sow seeds”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 下種
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 播種, 撒種, 下種, 下子
Mandarin Taiwan 播種, 撒種
Jinan 下種, 播種
Yinchuan 撒種
Lanzhou 下子, 下種
Xining 下種
Ürümqi 下種
Liuzhou 播種, 撒種
Xuzhou 下種
Yangzhou 下種, 播種
Nanjing 播種, 撒種
Cantonese Guangzhou 落種
Hong Kong 播種
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 下種, 落種
Macau 落種
Guangzhou (Panyu) 落種
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 撒秧
Guangzhou (Conghua) 撒秧
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 落種
Foshan 播種
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 落種
Foshan (Shunde) 落種
Foshan (Sanshui) 下種
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 下秧
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 下種
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 下種
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 落種
Zhuhai (Doumen) 下種
Jiangmen (Baisha) 下秧
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 下秧
Taishan 下秧
Kaiping (Chikan) 下秧
Enping (Niujiang) 下秧
Heshan (Yayao) 下秧
Dongguan 落種
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 下秧
Gan Lichuan 下種
Hakka Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 下秧, 下種
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 下種
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 下種, 下穀種
Conghua (Lütian) 落穀
Jin Taiyuan 種子子
Xinzhou 滴子兒
Min Bei Jian'ou 下種, 撒種
Min Dong Fuzhou 䆊種
Min Nan Xiamen 掖種, 放種, 落種, 落塗
Quanzhou 掖種, 掖子, 落種, 落塗
Zhangzhou 掖種, 掖子, 放子, 落種, 落塗
Tainan 掖種
Jieyang 掖種
Haikou 掖種
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 下秧
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 撒種
Wu Shanghai (Chongming) 下種子
Hangzhou 下種
Wenzhou 間種
Xiang Changsha 下種
Derived terms
  • 播種機／播种机

Pronunciation

Verb

播種

  1. (transitive) to grow by sowing seeds

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
播 種
は
Jinmeiyō		 しゅ
Grade: 4
on’yomi goon

Appears to be a learned borrowing from Chinese 播種. Ultimately from Middle Chinese compound 播種 (paH tsyowngX, literally “to sow + seed”) or 播種 (paH tsyowngH, literally “to sow + to sow”). First cited in Japanese to 1872.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

播(は)種(しゅ) • (hashu) 

  1. [from 1872] sowing, the spreading of seed on the ground for growing a crop
    Synonym: 種蒔き (tanemaki)
  2. [date unknown] (rare, medicine) dissemination (the spreading out of cells within the body, particularly cells of an invasive disease or of cancer)
    Synonyms: 散在 (sanzai), 汎発 (hanpatsu)
    Hyponym: 転移 (ten'i, “metastasis”)
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 播種機(はしゅき) (hashuki) a sower, a device or machine for sowing seeds
  • 播種性(はしゅせい) (hashusei) disseminated (said of a disease)

Verb

播(は)種(しゅ)する • (hashu suru) suru (stem 播(は)種(しゅ)し (hashu shi), past 播(は)種(しゅ)した (hashu shita))

  1. [from 1872] (transitive) to sow, to spread seed on the ground for growing a crop
    Synonym: 種蒔き (tanemaki)
  2. [date unknown] (rare, intransitive, medicine) to disseminate (to spread out within the body, particularly for cells of an invasive disease or of cancer)
    Synonyms: 散在 (sanzai), 汎発 (hanpatsu)
    Hyponym: 転移 (ten'i, “metastasize”)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "播種する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 播種し はしゅし hashu shi
Continuative (連用形) 播種し はしゅし hashu shi
Terminal (終止形) 播種する はしゅする hashu suru
Attributive (連体形) 播種する はしゅする hashu suru
Hypothetical (仮定形) 播種すれ はしゅすれ hashu sure
Imperative (命令形) 播種せよ¹
播種しろ²		 はしゅせよ¹
はしゅしろ²		 hashu seyo¹
hashu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 播種される はしゅされる hashu sareru
Causative 播種させる
播種さす		 はしゅさせる
はしゅさす		 hashu saseru
hashu sasu
Potential 播種できる はしゅできる hashu dekiru
Volitional 播種しよう はしゅしよう hashu shiyō
Negative 播種しない はしゅしない hashu shinai
Negative continuative 播種せず はしゅせず hashu sezu
Formal 播種します はしゅします hashu shimasu
Perfective 播種した はしゅした hashu shita
Conjunctive 播種して はしゅして hashu shite
Hypothetical conditional 播種すれば はしゅすれば hashu sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
播 種
はん
Jinmeiyō		 しゅ
Grade: 4
kan’yōon goon

Variation of hashu reading, using the kan'yōon of han for the first character. First cited to 1879.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [hã̠ɰ̃ɕɨᵝ]

Noun

播(はん)種(しゅ) • (hanshu) 

  1. [from 1879] (rare) sowing, the spreading of seed on the ground for growing a crop
    Synonym: 種蒔き (tanemaki)
  2. [date unknown] (medicine) dissemination (the spreading out of cells within the body, particularly cells of an invasive disease or of cancer)
    Hyponym: 転移 (ten'i, “metastasis”)

Verb

播(はん)種(しゅ)する • (hanshu suru) suru (stem 播(はん)種(しゅ)し (hanshu shi), past 播(はん)種(しゅ)した (hanshu shita))

  1. [from 1879] (rare, transitive) to sow, to spread seed on the ground for growing a crop
    Synonym: 種蒔き (tanemaki)
  2. [date unknown] (intransitive, medicine) to disseminate (to spread out within the body, particularly for cells of an invasive disease or of cancer)
    Hyponym: 転移 (ten'i, “metastasize”)
Usage notes
  • Although some dictionaries[1][5][6] list this separate reading with a distinct sense, other dictionaries[2][7][3][4] do not list any hanshu reading, and if they include the medical dissemination sense, they do so under the hanshu reading.[1]
  • The Microsoft IME for Japanese only recognizes the hashu reading for this kanji compound.
Conjugation
Conjugation of "播種する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 播種し はしゅし hashu shi
Continuative (連用形) 播種し はしゅし hashu shi
Terminal (終止形) 播種する はしゅする hashu suru
Attributive (連体形) 播種する はしゅする hashu suru
Hypothetical (仮定形) 播種すれ はしゅすれ hashu sure
Imperative (命令形) 播種せよ¹
播種しろ²		 はしゅせよ¹
はしゅしろ²		 hashu seyo¹
hashu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 播種される はしゅされる hashu sareru
Causative 播種させる
播種さす		 はしゅさせる
はしゅさす		 hashu saseru
hashu sasu
Potential 播種できる はしゅできる hashu dekiru
Volitional 播種しよう はしゅしよう hashu shiyō
Negative 播種しない はしゅしない hashu shinai
Negative continuative 播種せず はしゅせず hashu sezu
Formal 播種します はしゅします hashu shimasu
Perfective 播種した はしゅした hashu shita
Conjunctive 播種して はしゅして hashu shite
Hypothetical conditional 播種すれば はしゅすれば hashu sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Further reading

References
  1. “播種”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  5. 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  6. http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/149124/m3u/%E6%92%AD%E7%A8%AE/
  7. “播種”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
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