飼

domesticate, raise, keep, feed

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

シ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

か.う

Nanori (名乗り)

かい

Stroke Order

13 / 13

Information

Grade:5

Strokes:13

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1392

Vocabulary

シ

Word	Reading	Meaning
飼育	シイク	breeding; raising; rearing; keeping
飼料	シリョウ	fodder; feed
飼養	シヨウ	breeding; raising
飼育員	シイクイン	caretaker (at a zoo or aquarium); keeper; attendant; breeding staff
地上飼育	チジョウシイク	floor feeding

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
飼う	かう	to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
飼い主	かいぬし	(pet) owner; keeper
子飼い	こがい	rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
飼い犬	かいいぬ	pet dog
放し飼い	はなしがい	free-range rearing; letting (animals) roam freely; pasturing; grazing; letting (a dog) run loose; letting (a child) run free

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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trunk, torso, hull (ship), hub of wheel