Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)
Usually written in kana
1. to sow; to plant; to seed
2. to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict)
3. to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
Kanji used
disseminate
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly