The kanji 育: meaning, readings and stroke order
育
- Meaning
- grow up, raise
- On reading
- イク iku
- Kun reading
- そだ(つ) sodatsu、そだ(てる) sodateru、はぐく(む) hagukumu
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 肉 meat
- Level
- Level 3 · grade 3
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- lớn lên, nuôi (dục)
- Japanese
- そだつ。そだてる。
- Korean
- 자라다, 기르다 (육)
- Chinese
- 成长、养育
Readings, words and example sentences
イク iku · on reading
教育
education
教育の 大切さを 話します。
We talk about why education is important.
そだ(つ) sodatsu · kun reading
育つ
to grow, to grow up
にわで 花が よく 育ちます。
Flowers grow well in the garden.
そだ(てる) sodateru · kun reading
育てる
to raise, to grow
金魚を 育てて います。
I am raising goldfish.
はぐく(む) hagukumu · kun reading · less common
育む
to nurture, to help grow
心を 育む 教育です。
This is a kind of teaching that helps the heart grow.
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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.