The kanji 飼: meaning, readings and stroke order

飼

Meaning: raise, keep (a pet)
On reading: シ shi
Kun reading: か（う） kau
Strokes: 13
Radical: 食 eat, food
Level: Level 5 · grade 5

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: nuôi (con vật) (tự)
Japanese: どうぶつをかう。
Korean: 기르다 (사)
Chinese: 饲养、养 (饲)

Readings, words and example sentences

シ shi · on reading

飼し育いく
raising (animals)
学校でうさぎを 飼し育いくしています。
We raise rabbits at school.

か（う） kau · kun reading

飼かう
to keep (an animal), to raise
家で犬を二ひき 飼かって います。
We have two dogs at home.

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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.