牧 (breed, care for, feed, pasture, shepherd) - Kanji Codex

牧

breed, care for, feed, pasture, shepherd

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ボク

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

まき

Nanori (名乗り)

ままいもく

Stroke Order

8 / 8

Information

Grade:4

Strokes:8

JLPT:1

Frequency:1360

Vocabulary

ボク

Word	Reading	Meaning
牧師	ボクシ	pastor; minister; clergyman; reverend
牧草	ボクソウ	pasture; grass
牧畜	ボクチク	stock-farming; livestock farming; cattle breeding
牧野	ボクヤ	pasture land; ranch
遊牧	ユウボク	nomadism

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
牧場	まきば	farm (livestock); stock farm; ranch; station; pasture; meadow; grazing land
牧歌的	ぼっかてき	pastoral; idyllic
牧場鳥	まきばどり	meadowlark; field lark
牧場鳥	マキバドリ	meadowlark; field lark
牧人	まきびと	herder; herdsman; shepherd

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