飼

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ:

画数かくすう: 13 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 食(しょくへん)

Meaning

Raise / Keep / Feed

  • う — to keep (a pet or livestock)
  • 飼育しいく — breeding / raising
  • 飼養しよう — rearing / keeping
  • 飼料しりょう — animal feed
  • 飼主かいぬし — pet owner

飼 is a 会意形声 character: 食 (food) provides meaning, while 司 (to govern) gives sound. It conveys feeding and managing animals, extending to the act of raising pets or livestock responsibly.

いぬっています。
I have a dog.

動物どうぶつうには 責任せきにん必要ひつようです。
Keeping animals requires responsibility.

料
Forms
飼料しりょう — animal feed
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