Kanji Detail for 畜 - "livestock, animal, raise"

畜

Jōyō Kanji

JLPT N2

Meaning
畜 means "livestock, animal, raise."
1. Livestock - Animals raised for farming purposes.
2. Domestic animals - Animals kept and bred by humans.
3. Raise - To keep and breed animals.
4. Store - To accumulate; to save up.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

livestock; domestic fowl and animals

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

livestock, domestic animals

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

livestock; domesticated animal; domestic animal

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

livestock, domestic animals

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

In the wild are called beasts. In homes are called livestock. Horse, ox, sheep, chicken, dog, and pig. These are called the six livestock. Also read with Fanqie 喜宥切. | To raise. (Analects) "When the ruler gave him a live animal, he must keep it alive." | To accommodate. "Accommodating the people and gathering the masses." Seen in (Book of Changes).
Onyomi

chiku(ちく)

kiku(きく)
Kunyomi

ka.u(かう)

takuwa.eru(たくわえる)

yashina.u(やしなう)
Strokes

10 strokes
Radical

田 (ta・tahen)
Related Keywords
livestock animal domestic cattle beast raise breed farm husbandry store accumulate save nurture rear keep tend flock herd stock