Chinese Character 养 Meanings and components.

Form

养

Meaning

养 meaning[3] in English

To Raise (Animals).

To Bring Up (Children).

To Keep (Pets).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 养 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (𦍌) , and to introduce (介)

Its radical[1] is: 八 (ba1) which means: Eight, 8, .八ba1eight

In cangjie it is written with TOLL

How to write 养

To write养yang3to raise … you should write a combination of 𦍌ren4 , 介jie4to introduce arranged in a + shape:

𦍌 + 介 = 养

养 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 养 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 养, looks as follow:

养
Pinyin:yang3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: To Raise (Animals) . To Bring Up (Children) . To Keep (Pets) . To Support . To Give Birth
𦍌
Pinyin:ren4 Shape:*
羊
Pinyin:yang2
Meaning[3]: Surname Yang
介
Pinyin:jie4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Introduce . To Lie Between . Between . Shell . Armor
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc
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Pinyin:*

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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