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Kanji Detail for 牧 - "pasture, shepherd"
牧
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Meaning
牧 means "pasture, shepherd." Also associated with raise.
Pasture - Grazing land for animals.
Shepherd - One who tends livestock.
Raise - To breed animals.
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Words using 牧
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牧場
ぼくじょう
farm (livestock); stock farm; ranch
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牧師
ぼくし
pastor; minister; clergyman
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牧野
ぼくや
pasture land; ranch
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遊牧
ゆうぼく
nomadism
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牧草
ぼくそう
pasture; grass
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牧畜
ぼくちく
stock-farming; livestock farming; cattle breeding
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牧場
ぼくじょう
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Tattoo check: 牧
- Verified meaning: pasture, shepherd
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
- Used in real Japanese given names (read うらら, おさむ, のぞむ, ぼく)
- Also carries these associations: raise
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
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Name readings of 牧
Given names 牧(うらら)
牧(おさむ)
牧(のぞむ)
牧(ぼく)
牧(まき)
Surnames 牧(まきざき)
牧(まきば)
牧(もく)
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
breed; care for; shepherd; feed; pasture
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
tend cattle, shepherd
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Mu
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
shepherd; to tend cattle
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
One who tends cattle. All herding of livestock is called 牧. (Mencius) "If someone receives another's cattle and sheep and herds them for him." | The outskirts are called 牧. Seen in (Erya). | To nurture. 卑以自牧 appears in (Book of Changes), meaning to humble oneself and respect others, the virtue of modesty. | An official title. Anciently 牧伯 referred to the governors of the Nine Provinces. Later, prefects were also called 牧. Prefects of directly administered prefectures were called 直牧.
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Onyomi
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Kunyomi
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Strokes
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Radical
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