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飼 = 司 + 食

飼 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “domesticate”. It is built from 司 (director) and 食 (eat). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2010.

Keyword
domesticate
RTK frame
2010
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
シ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
か.う
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
одомашнивать
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
飼 raise animals

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 司 director
  2. 食 eat

How to find 飼 without knowing its reading

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

Open 飼 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.