Chinese Character 養 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

養 meaning[3] in English

To Raise (Animals).

To Bring Up (Children).

To Keep (Pets).

Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with TOIAV

How to write 養

To writeyang3to raise … you should write a combination of 𦍌ren4 , shi2to eat arranged in a shape:

𦍌 + =

養 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

Pinyin:yang3 Shape:
Meaning[3]: To Raise (Animals) . To Bring Up (Children) . To Keep (Pets) . To Support . To Give Birth

𦍌
Pinyin:ren4 Shape:*

Pinyin:yang2
Meaning[3]: Surname Yang

Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: To Eat . Food . Animal Feed . Eclipse

Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]

Pinyin:liang2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Good . Very . Very Much

Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Pinyin:gen3
Meaning[3]: Blunt . Tough . Chewy

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

  • Wiktionary Page for 養in English or Chinese