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育

育 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

もと「冑」の異体字で、上の部分が省略されたもの。仮借して「そだてる」を意味する漢語｛育｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

bring up, grow up, raise, rear

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • イクElem.
Kun (native)
  • そだ(つ)Elem.
  • そだ(ち)
  • そだ(てる)Elem.
  • はぐく(む)Elem.
Nanori (used in names)
  • やす
Other languages
  • 拼音yu4
  • 한글yug
  • Hán-ViệtDục

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
肉(にく)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+80B2

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱亠䏍

Words using this kanji

  • 育児いくじ子供を育てること。childcare, child-rearing, nursing, upbringing
  • 育成いくせいあるものを養い立派に育てること。rearing, training, nurture, cultivation
  • 育英いくえい才能のある者を教育すること。education of gifted young people, providing financial support to gifted students, education
  • 育ちそだち「そだち」の漢字表記。growth, breeding, growing up (in, as), upbringing
  • 育つそだつそだつ 参照to be raised (e.g. child), to be brought up, to grow (up)
  • 育むはぐくむto raise, to bring up, to rear, to cultivate
  • 育てるそだてるそだてる 参照to raise, to rear, to bring up, to train
  • 育種いくしゅbreeding (of plants or animals)
  • 育毛剤いくもうざい頭髪や体毛を育毛させる効果がある薬剤。hair growth formula, hair growth agent
  • 育ち盛りそだちざかりgrowth period (in children)
  • 育て上げるそだてあげるto raise (to maturity), to bring up, to rear, to train
  • 育苗いくびょう定植を目的として苗を育てること。raising seedlings
  • 育てそだてbringing up, raising
  • 育雛いくすうbrooding
  • 育休いくきゅう育児休業（育児休暇）。childcare leave (taken after the compulsory childcare leave), maternity leave, paternity leave
  • 育毛いくもう体毛（特に頭髪）を発育させること。hair restoration, new hair growth
  • 育林いくりんsilviculture, afforestation
  • 育薬いくやく市販後の医薬品の情報を収集し、安全性を向上させ改善すること。observing and reviewing the effects of a drug after it has been released onto the market
  • 育脳いくのうbrain training, stimulating infants' brains to encourage development
  • 育樹いくじゅtree care, tree maintenance

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-2-6
Four Corner
0022.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2j6.4
Heisig
821
Nelson
296