飼 — domesticate, raise, keep

かう飼 domesticate

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 13 strokes

U+98FC Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1392 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #2010 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

domesticate
raise
keep
feed

word

か ka Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

飼(か) う kau to keep 飼(か) い主(ぬし) kainushi pet owner

し shi On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

飼(し) 育(いく) shiiku breeding 飼(し) 料(りょう) shiryou feed

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

飠 food (left form)

つかさ司 director

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#184 食 eat