The kanji 養: meaning, readings and stroke order

養

Meaning: raise, nourish
On reading: ヨウ you
Kun reading: やしな（う） yashinau
Strokes: 15
Radical: 食 eat, food
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: nuôi dưỡng, bồi bổ (dưỡng)
Japanese: やしなう。そだてる。
Korean: 기르다, 키우다 (양)
Chinese: 养育、营养 (养)

Readings, words and example sentences

ヨウ you · on reading

栄えい養よう
nutrition
栄えい養ようのある物を食べます。
I eat food that is good for me.

やしな（う） yashinau · kun reading · less common

養やしなう
to build up, to nurture
毎日走って体力を 養やしないます。
I run every day to build up my strength.

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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.