養

養 — foster, bring up, rear

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 15
Taught in: School year 4
Frequency: #888 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: よう you

りょう ryou
Kun'yomi: やしな.う yashina.u

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 養

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