養

See also 养

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 羊 + semantic 食 (“to feed”)

Han character

養 (radical 184 食+6, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿人戈日女 (TOIAV), four-corner 8073₂, composition ⿱𦍌食)

1. raise, rear, bring up
2. support

References

• KangXi: page 1419, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44144
• Dae Jaweon: page 1943, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4452, character 8
• Unihan data for U+990A

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Cantonese

Hanzi

養 (simplified 养, Yale yeung5)

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Japanese

Kanji

養 (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: よう (yō)
• Kun: やしなう (yashinau)

Compounds

• 養育
• 養家
• 養魚
• 養雞
• 養子
• 養殖
• 養成
• 養父
• 養分
• 養母
• 養老 Retired

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Korean

Hanja

養 (hangeul 양, revised yang, McCune-Reischauer yang, Yale yang)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

養 (simplified 养, pinyin yǎng (yang3), Wade-Giles yang³)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

養 (*iɑ̌ng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

養 (dưỡng, dẳng)