養 (yǎng)
to raise (animals/children)/to support
How 養 is written
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 羊 — sheep
- Traditional
- 養
- Simplified
- 养
Components
- 羊 sheep
- 八 eight/divide
- 艮 stopping
- 丶 dot
Common words using 養
- 保養 bǎoyǎng
- to take good care of (or conserve) one's health; to keep in good repair; to maintain
- 修養 xiūyǎng
- accomplishment; training; self-cultivation
- 培養 péiyǎng
- to cultivate; to breed; to foster
- 收養 shōuyǎng
- to adopt a child; adoption
- 營養 yíngyǎng
- nutrition; nourishment; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- 養成 yǎngchéng
- to cultivate; to raise; to form (a habit)
- 養父 yǎngfù
- foster, adopted father
- 養生 yǎngshēng
- to look after one's health; to keep fit; maintaining good health
- 休養 xiūyǎng
- to recuperate; to recover; to convalesce
- 供養 gōngyǎng
- to supply; to provide for one's elders; to support one's parents
- 包養 bāoyǎng
- to provide for; to keep (a mistress)
- 家養 jiāyǎng
- domestic (animals); home reared
養 in a sentence
我養了一隻貓。
Wǒ yǎng le yī zhī māo.
“I raise a cat (I have a pet cat).”
How common is 養?
養 is the 759th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 84.3% of all running text.
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