Chinese Character 飼 Meanings and components.

Form

飼

Meaning

飼 meaning[3] in English

To Raise.

To Rear.

To Feed.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 飼 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to eat (食) , and surname Si (司)

Its radical[1] is: 食 (shi2) which means: To Eat, Food, Animal Feed, Eclipse, .食shi2to eat

In cangjie it is written with OISMR

How to write 飼

To write飼si4to raise you should write a combination of 食shi2to eat , 司si1surname Si arranged in a 吅 shape:

食 + 司 = 飼

飼 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

飼
Pinyin:si4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Raise . To Rear . To Feed
食
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: To Eat . Food . Animal Feed . Eclipse
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
良
Pinyin:liang2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Good . Very . Very Much
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
艮
Pinyin:gen3
Meaning[3]: Blunt . Tough . Chewy
司
Pinyin:si1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Si
𠃌
Pinyin:gun3 Shape:一
𠮛
Pinyin:𠮛5 Shape:吕
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

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