殖 Strokes Write it Listen 殖 zhí to breed, to spawn; to grow, to prosper HSK 6 12 strokes Radical 歹 Sound + meaning 2 words Built from歹meaningdǎicorpse; death; evil, depraved, wicked直soundzhístraight, vertical; candid, direct, frank How it works歹 hints at the meaning (corpse), and 直 zhí hints at the sound.