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養

yǎng

raise, bring up

Phonosemantic compound. 食 represents the meaning and 羊 represents the sound.

Components
羊 sound component

羊  Sound component

yáng

  

sheep

食 meaning component

食  Meaning component

shí, sì

  

eat

Evolution

養 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
養 Regular script Modern

Regular 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 養
Freq.
Word
Meaning

养

to support

培养

to cultivate

营养

nutrition

收养

adoption

抚养

to foster

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

癢

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ɢ](r)aŋʔ

yangX

yǎng

long, longing

*[ɢ]aŋʔ

yangX

yǎng

nourish, raise


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 50.4245% of movies

804th most common character in movies

760th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Simplified

养

Unicode

U+990A

Shuowen

“養，供養也。从食，羊聲。，古文養。”


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