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飼 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「飠」

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6Elementary year 5 ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「飠」
On
シし · shi
Kun
か(う)ka(u)
Meaning
to keep (an animal); raise

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

飠 "food" plus 司 "to have charge of"; feeding and caring for an animal — hence "to keep, raise."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onシしshi飼育しいく飼料しりょう
Kunかうkau飼うかう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 飼育しいく

    raising (animals)

  • 飼い主かいぬし

    owner (of a pet)

More words with this kanji

  • 鵜飼いうかい
  • 飼料しりょう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

うちでは犬(いぬ)を二(に)ひき飼(か)っている。

We keep two dogs at home.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

飼い主飼育飼主master育raise飢starve飯cooked…飩used…飴candy飫to eat…士samura…支to sup…示to sho…史histor…志will
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 飠Map of reading シAll maps

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