牧 = 牛 + 攵

牧 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “tend cattle”. It is built from 牛 (cow) and 攵 (rap).

Keyword: tend cattle
Pinyin (Mandarin): mù
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: tend cattle, shepherd, пасти скот, пастух, shepherd
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 牧 breed

Decomposition

ids

牛 cow
攵 rap

How to find 牧 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “cow” + “rap”. 牧 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 牧 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.