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飼

domesticate
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingシ
Kun readingか.う
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 5

Meanings

  1. domesticateRtK
  2. feed
  3. keep
    彼は猫を二匹飼っている。一匹は黒でもう一匹は白だ。He keeps two cats: one is black, and the other white.tatoeba
    彼は猫を飼っている。He keeps a cat.tatoeba
  4. raise
    彼は熱帯魚を飼っている。He is raising tropical fishes.tatoeba
  1. to keep (a pet or other animal)
  2. to have
  3. to own
  4. to raise
  5. to rear

Popular Usage

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Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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eat · food · umbrella · good · halo · drop (丶) · silver (金) · director · Ken Russel · clothes hanger · coat hanger · one (一) · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2010

Compound words

飼うかう
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear
飼育しいく
breeding; raising; rearing; keeping
飼料しりょう
fodder; feed
飼い犬かいいぬ
pet dog
飼い主かいぬし
(pet) owner; keeper
鵜飼うかい
cormorant fishing
う飼いうかい
cormorant fishing
鵜飼いうかい
cormorant fishing
牛飼いうしかい
cattleman
子飼いこがい
rearing from infancy
飼い猫かいねこ
domestic cat, pet cat
飼葉桶かいばおけ
manger
羊飼いひつじかい
shepherd
飼い葉桶かいばおけ
manger
飼育するしいくする
to breed
飼いならすかいならす
to tame (an animal)
飼い慣らすかいならす
to tame (an animal)
飼い馴らすかいならす
to tame (an animal)
日本配合飼料にほんはいごうしりょう
Nippon Formula Feed Manufacturing Company Limited

Additional Examples

彼は農場で牛を飼っている。
He is breeding cattle on his farm.tatoeba

Stroke Order

13 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 飼

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