養
nourish; foster; bring up; rear; develop; nurture
15 strokes. Taught in grade 4. Newspaper frequency rank 888.
Readings
- ヨウ (on reading): 栄養 (えいよう) nutrition; 養子 (ようし) adopted child (usu. male)
- やしなう (kun reading): 養う (やしなう) to support; 養い (やしない) nutrition
- リョウ (on reading)
Components
- 羊
- 食
- 丷 radical horns, inverted eight
- 王 radical king; jewel, left-side form of 玉
- 羊 radical sheep
- 食 radical eat; food
Kanji containing 養
Words using 養
- 栄養 (えいよう) nutrition
- 養子 (ようし) adopted child (usu. male)
- 養成 (ようせい) training
- 休養 (きゅうよう) rest
- 供養 (くよう) memorial service for the dead
- 養う (やしなう) to support
- 養い (やしない) nutrition
- 養い親 (やしないおや) godparents
- 養い子 (やしないご) foster child
- 養い育てる (やしないそだてる) to bring up
292 words in all.