TSUMUGU · TOCFL B1 (est.) · 字
殖
ㄓˊ · zhí
verb — to breed, multiply; to colonize
字源 FORM — what the parts do
The bone radical (歹) for fleshy, fatty matter beside 直 zhí, which carries the sound. The sense ran from fat and increase to breeding and multiplying (繁殖、生殖), and on to settling and colonizing (殖民).
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
肥沃（歹）的地上，作物直挺挺（直）長出來——越長越多。
On rich (歹) ground the crop shoots up straight (直) — and keeps multiplying.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)脂、增長— fat; to increase
→繁殖、生殖— to breed, multiply常用
⇒殖民、拓殖— to colonize, settle常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension