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養 = 食 + 羊
養 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “foster”. It is built from 食 (eat) and 羊 (sheep). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1591.
- Keyword
- foster
- RTK frame
- 1591
- Strokes
- 15
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ヨウ, リョウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- やしな.う
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- воспитание
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 養 raise
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 養 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “eat” + “sheep”. 養 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 養 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.