Kanji
N1 13 strokes Grade 5 freq #1392

domesticate, raise, keep, feed

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

eat shoku

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

breeding; raising
fodder; feed

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

(pet) owner; keeper
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have
pet dog
free-range rearing; letting (animals) roam freely
pet cat
rearing from infancy

Example sentences

I raise cattle.

My father has a ranch and breeds cattle and horses.

Cats show emotional habits parallel to those of their owners.

The owner of the small dog gripped its neck and scolded it.