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Kanji Detail for 養 - "nurture, support, cultivate"

養

  • Meaning

    養 means "nurture, support, cultivate."

    1. Nurture - To feed; to raise.

    2. Support - To provide for; to sustain.

    3. Cultivate - To develop; to foster.

  • Words using 養

    • 養成 ようせい Listen training; education; development
    • 教養 きょうよう Listen (understanding or appreciation of) culture; (one's) education; cultivation
    • 療養 りょうよう Listen recuperation; medical treatment
    • 養殖 ようしょく Listen aquaculture; culture; cultivation
    • 休養 きゅうよう Listen rest; relaxation; recreation
    • 保養 ほよう Listen health preservation; recuperation; recreation
    • 養子 ようし Listen adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
    • 扶養 ふよう Listen support (e.g. of one's dependents); maintenance

  • Four-character idioms with 養

    • 永代供養 えいたいくよう Listen services performed in perpetuity by a Buddhist temple for the repose of a departed soul
    • 転地療養 てんちりょうよう Listen seeking to improve one's health with a change of climate
    • 追善供養 ついぜんくよう Listen memorial service
    • 開眼供養 かいげんくよう Listen ceremony to consecrate a newly made Buddhist statue or image by inserting the eyes (thereby investing it with soul)

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    • Verified meaning: nurture, support, cultivate
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read おさむ, まもる, やしなう, やす)

    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 養

    Given names 養(おさむ)Listen 養(まもる)Listen 養(やしなう)Listen 養(よう)Listen

    Surnames 養(やす)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    foster; bring up; rear; develop; nurture

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    raise, rear, bring up; support

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to raise, to rear, to bring up; to support

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

    To nurture and raise. The Mencius says: "If one gets proper nourishment, nothing will not grow. If one loses proper nourishment, nothing will not wane." | A servant in charge of cooking. As in servants are also called 廝養. | To bear a child is called 養. Found in "Hanshi Waizhuan." The colloquial language today also has this expression. Rarely used in literary language. | 氧 (oxygen). Commonly called 養氣. A colorless, tasteless, odorless gas. Living things need it to survive. Fire needs it to burn. It is an essential component of animals, plants, and minerals. | Subordinates serving superiors. As in 奉養 (provide for), 供養 (support).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ryoh(リョウ) リョウ

    yoh(ヨウ) ヨウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    yashina.u(やしな-う) やしな-う

  • Strokes

    tip

    15 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    食 飠 (shoku・shokuhen)

  • Related Keywords

    nurture support cultivate care educate provide serve foster nourish raise adoption breed develop feed grow guardianship parenting sustain train upbringing

Sentences including 養

  • I had a sustaining breakfast.

  • A change of air will do you a lot of good.

  • If you have a cold , you should get plenty of rest.

  • He has a large family to support.

  • He has a large family to provide for.

  • It's very important to get enough rest.

  • I have no family to provide for.

  • He has a large family to support.

  • He is working hard to support his family.

  • He provides for his family.

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