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Kanji Information Sheet for 養 ( 
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| English: foster bring up rear develop nurture | On-Yomi: ヨウ リョウ | Kun-Yomi: やしな.う や |
Bushu (Radical) Info:
羊 (ひつじ) – sheep
食 (しよく) – food
羊 (ひつじ) – sheep
食 (しよく) – food
Henshall Mnemonic: rear sheep for food
Levels: JLPT N1 | JLPT 1 (old) | Grade 4
Frequency: #888 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #888 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N3 Words
JLPT N2 Words
- 教養 [きょうよう]
(n) culture; education; refinement; cultivation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 休養 [きゅうよう]
(n) rest; break; recreation [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 保養 [ほよう]
(n) health preservation; recuperation; recreation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 扶養 [ふよう]
(n) support; maintenance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 養う [やしなう]
(v5u) to rear; to maintain; to cultivate [K] [D] [Jisho] - 養護 [ようご]
(n,vs) protection; nursing; protective care [K] [D] [Jisho] - 養成 [ようせい]
(n,vs) training; development [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 滋養 [じよう]
(n) nourishment [K] [D] [Jisho] - 保養所 [ほようじょ]
sanatorium; rest home [K] [D] [Jisho] - 培養 [ばいよう]
(n,vs) cultivation; nurture; culture [K] [D] [Jisho] - 養育 [よういく]
(n) bringing up; rearing; upbringing [K] [D] [Jisho] - 養鶏 [ようけい]
(n) poultry raising [K] [D] [Jisho] - 養蚕 [ようさん]
(n) sericulture; silkworm culture [K] [D] [Jisho] - 養子 [ようし]
(n) adopted child; son-in-law [K] [D] [Jisho] - 療養 [りょうよう]
(n,vs) recuperation; medical treatment [K] [D] [Jisho] - 療養所 [りょうようじょ]
(n) sanatorium [K] [D] [Jisho] - 養殖 [ようしょく]
(n) raising; culture; cultivation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 養豚 [ようとん]
(n) pig-keeping; pig farming [K] [D] [Jisho] - 養父 [ようふ]
(n) foster father; adoptive father [K] [D] [Jisho] - 養父母 [ようふぼ]
(n) adoptive parents [K] [D] [Jisho] - 養老 [ようろう]
(n) making provision for the elderly [K] [D] [Jisho] - 養老院 [ようろういん]
(n) home for the aged; old people's home [K] [D] [Jisho] - 供養 [くよう]
(n,vs) memorial service for the dead; holding a service [K] [D] [Jisho] - 栄養学 [えいようがく]
(n) dietetics; nutritional science [K] [D] [Jisho] - 栄養士 [えいようし]
(n) nutritionist [K] [D] [Jisho] - 栄養失調 [えいようしっちょう]
(n) malnutrition [K] [D] [Jisho] - 栄養素 [えいようそ]
(n) nutrient [K] [D] [Jisho] - 静養 [せいよう]
(n) (convalescent) rest [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.