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育つ

そだつ

to be brought up, to grow

Mnemonic

Nobody is doing it to them, they are getting on with it themselves. The same soda そだ as 育てる, except that nobody poured it. The vegetables are coming along nicely: そだつ.

Worth knowing

育てる そだてる is somebody raising them. 育つ is them growing.

Built from

raise, bring up
A child drawn upside down over 月 the flesh, which is the way one arrives. Everything after that is the raising.

Words sharing these kanji

to bring up, to breed

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