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养

yǎng

raise

Simplified form of 養. Phonosemantic compound. 食 represents the meaning and 羊 represents the sound.

Components
羊 sound component

羊  Sound component

yáng

  

sheep

介 simplified component

介  Simplified component

jiè

  

to lie between

Shorthand for the 食 component in the traditional character 養.

Evolution

养 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
养 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
养 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
养 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
养 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
养 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

养 (養) 

yǎng

raise, rear, bring up; support; to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth

Most common words with 养
Freq.
Word
Meaning

养

to support

培养

to cultivate

营养

nutrition

收养

adoption

抚养

to foster

Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 50.4245% of movies

804th most common character in movies

760th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Traditional

養

Unicode

U+517B


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