播種

Verb

 * 1)  to sow seeds

Verb

 * 1)  to grow by sowing seeds

Etymology 1
Appears to be a. Ultimately from compound  or. First cited in Japanese to 1872.

Noun

 * 1)  sowing, the spreading of seed on the ground for growing a crop
 * 2)   dissemination
 * 1)   dissemination

Derived terms

 * a sower, a device or machine for sowing seeds
 * disseminated

Verb

 * 1)   to sow, to spread seed on the ground for growing a crop
 * 2)   to disseminate
 * 1)   to disseminate

Etymology 2
Variation of hashu reading, using the kan'yōon of han for the first character. First cited to 1879.

Noun

 * 1)   sowing, the spreading of seed on the ground for growing a crop
 * 2)   dissemination
 * 1)   dissemination

Verb

 * 1)   to sow, to spread seed on the ground for growing a crop
 * 2)   to disseminate
 * 1)   to disseminate

Usage notes

 * Although some dictionaries list this separate reading with a distinct sense, other dictionaries   do not list any hanshu reading, and if they include the medical  sense, they do so under the hanshu reading.
 * The Microsoft for Japanese only recognizes the hashu reading for this kanji compound.