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飼

飼 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 動物をかう。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「食」+音符「司」。「やしなう」を意味する漢語｛飼｝を表す字。もと「食」が｛飼｝を表す字であったが、音符を加えた。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

domesticate, raise, keep, feed

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シElem.
Kun (native)
  • か(う)Elem.
Nanori (used in names)
  • かい
Other languages
  • 拼音si4
  • 한글sa
  • Hán-ViệtTự

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

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
食(しょく)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+98FC

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰飠司

Words using this kanji

  • 飼育しいく動物を、人工的な環境下で育てる行為。breeding, raising, rearing, keeping
  • 飼料しりょう（しりょう、かいりょう）家畜に与える食物。 （かいりょう）家畜を養う費用。fodder, feed
  • 飼い主かいぬし(pet) owner, keeper
  • 飼うかうto keep (a pet or other animal), to have, to own, to raise
  • 飼い犬かいいぬ「かいいぬ」の漢字表記。pet dog
  • 飼い猫かいねこpet cat
  • 飼養しよう動物に飼料を与えて育てること。breeding, raising
  • 飼いかいraising (of animals), rearing, keeping, domesticated
  • 飼い桶かいおけmanger
  • 飼い鳥かいどりpet bird, cage bird
  • 飼い葉かいば「かいば」の漢字表記。fodder
  • 飼い鳩かいばとdomestic pigeon
  • 飼育員しいくいん動物園や水族館で動物の飼育を担当する職員。caretaker (at a zoo or aquarium), keeper, attendant, breeding staff
  • 飼育室しいくしつbreeding facility (e.g. lab. animals), breeding room
  • 飼育箱しいくばこinsect rearing cage
  • 飼育瓶しいくびんbottle for raising insects
  • 飼育場しいくじょうbreeding ground, breeding farm
  • 飼い葉桶かいばおけmanger, crib
  • 飼い殺しかいごろしkeeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life, keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills
  • 飼いならすかいならすto tame (an animal), to domesticate

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-8-5
Four Corner
8772.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
8b5.4
Heisig
2010
Nelson
5163