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牧 = 牛 + 攵

牧 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “breed”. It is built from 牛 (cow) and 攵 (rap). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 351.

Keyword
breed
RTK frame
351
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ボク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
まき
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
порода
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
牧 tend cattle

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 牛 cow
  2. 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.