Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N1

1392 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: domesticate, raise, keep, feed

Kunyomi: か.う

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: しょくへん

Meaning: eat, food

Strokes: 8

Examples

Examples with audio

料(しりょう)   fodder, feed

育する(しいくする)   breed, raise, rear

う(かう)   keep as a pet

い犬(かいいぬ)   pet dog

い(ひつじかい)   shepherd, shepherdess

放しい(はなしがい)   pasturing, grazing

Onyomi Examples

シリョウ fodder, feed

シイク breeding, raising, rearing

Kunyomi Examples

かう to keep (a pet or other animal), to have, to own, to raise, to rear, to feed