しょ

noun, takes する, intransitive verb

  1. breeding, propagation, reproduction, multiplication, increase.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
しょ
繁殖 はんしょく
しょ
蕃殖 はんしょく

Contained Kanji Breakdown

luxuriant, thick, overgrown
ハン しげ.る (Early Jr. High, N1)
cleverness, agile, alert
ビン さとい さとし (Early Jr. High, N1)
every
マイ ごと つね (2nd, N5)
person, (人 variant)
do not, must not, be not
ブ ム はは (Kentei 1)
strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)
thread
いと シ (1st, N2)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
augment, increase, multiply
ショク ふ.える うえ (Early Jr. High, N1)
bare bone, bad, wrong
ガツ ガチ タイ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
evening
ゆう セキ ゆ (1st, N4)
straightaway, honesty, frankness
なお.す なお チョク (2nd, N3)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
fishhook radical, (乙 variant)