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Kanji Detail for 育 - "to raise, to grow"

育

  • Meaning

    育 means "to raise, to grow." Also associated with to give birth.

    1. To give birth - To be born.

    2. To raise - To nurture; to guide; to nourish; to discipline.

    3. To grow - To develop; to become larger.

    4. Young - Immature.

  • Words using 育

    • 教育 きょういく Listen education; schooling; training
    • 体育 たいいく Listen physical education; PE; gym (class)
    • 保育 ほいく Listen nurturing; rearing; childcare
    • 育児 いくじ Listen childcare; child-rearing; nursing
    • 育成 いくせい Listen rearing; training; nurture
    • 飼育 しいく Listen breeding; raising; rearing
    • 育英 いくえい Listen education of gifted young people; providing financial support to gifted students; education
    • 教育委員会 きょういくいいんかい Listen Board of Education

  • Four-character idioms with 育

    • 知育偏重 ちいくへんちょう Listen too much intellectual training; overemphasis on intellectual education

  • Tattoo check: 育

    • Verified meaning: to raise, to grow
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いく, いくみ, いくや, そだつ)
    • Also carries these associations: to give birth

    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.

  • Name readings of 育

    Given names 育(いく)Listen 育(いくみ)Listen 育(いくや)Listen 育(そだつ)Listen 育(はぐみ)Listen 育(はぐむ)Listen

    Surnames 育(やす)Listen 育(やすし)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    bring up; grow up; raise; rear

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    produce, give birth to; educate

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to have children; to raise or bring up; to educate

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to produce, to give birth to; to educate

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

    To nurture. Meaning to raise and develop. Such as 教育 (education). | To give birth. Giving birth to a son is called 育麟 (giving birth to a unicorn).

  • Onyomi

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    iku(イク) イク

  • Kunyomi

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    haguku.mu(はぐく-む) はぐく-む

    soda.chi(そだ-ち) そだ-ち

    soda.teru(そだ-てる) そだ-てる

    soda.tsu(そだ-つ) そだ-つ

  • Strokes

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    8 strokes

  • Radical

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    肉 月 (niku・nikuzuki)

  • Related Keywords

    to give birth to raise to grow young nurture cultivate develop educate foster rear teach mentor guide encourage nourish

Sentences including 育

  • She brought up her child at the cost of her life.

  • He was born in england , but was educated in america.

  • He has made me what i am.

  • He reared three children by himself.

  • He is a man of education.

  • I was born and raised in tokyo.

  • I grew up in this small town.

  • This is the house in which i was born and brought up.

  • She was well brought up by her parents.

  • Good speech is the outcome of education.

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