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Kanji Detail for 飼 - "to raise, to feed"
飼
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Meaning
飼 means "to raise, to feed." Also associated with to tame.
Raise - To keep and care for animals; to rear.
Feed - To provide food; to nourish.
Tame - To domesticate; to keep as pets.
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Words using 飼
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飼育
しいく
breeding; raising; rearing
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飼料
しりょう
fodder; feed
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飼い主
かいぬし
(pet) owner; keeper
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飼う
かう
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own
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飼育
しいく
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Tattoo check: 飼
- Verified meaning: to raise, to feed
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
- Used in real Japanese given names (read うまかい, つるがい)
- Also carries these associations: to tame
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 飼
Surnames 飼(うまかい)
飼(つるがい)
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
domesticate; raise; keep; feed
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
raise animals; feed; nourish
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to raise; to rear; to feed
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to raise animals; to nourish, to feed
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To give food to someone. Interchangeable with 食, Departing tone.
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Onyomi
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Kunyomi
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Strokes
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Radical
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Related Keywords
Sentences including 飼
I have a cat and a dog.
My uncle keeps a dog.
I have a big dog.
I tried to take our dog out of our house.
犬を飼っているんだね。
You keep a dog , don't you?
We are keeping a big dog.
We have a cat and a dog.
I have a dog.
Ken has a white dog.
I've decided not to keep a dog again.