The kanji 牧: meaning, readings and stroke order

牧

Meaning: pasture, herd
On reading: ボク boku
Kun reading: まき maki
Strokes: 8
Radical: 牛 cow
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: chăn nuôi (mục)
Japanese: うしやうまをかう。まきば。
Korean: 기르다, 목장 (목)
Chinese: 放牧、牧场

Readings, words and example sentences

ボク boku · on reading

牧ぼく場じょう
ranch, farm with animals
牧ぼく場じょうで牛を育てます。
They raise cows on the ranch.

まき maki · kun reading

牧まき場ば
pasture, meadow
牧まき場ばに馬がいます。
There are horses in the pasture.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.