養

Translingual

Han character

養 (Kangxi radical 184, 食+6, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿人戈日女 (TOIAV), four-corner 8073₂, composition ⿱𦍌食)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1419, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44144
• Dae Jaweon: page 1943, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4452, character 8
• Unihan data for U+990A

Chinese

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *laŋʔ, *laŋs) : phonetic 羊 (OC *laŋ, “sheep”) + semantic 食 (“to feed”).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-klawŋ (“to guard; to tend cattle; to graze; to be at leisure”), whence Tibetan སྐྱོང (skyong, “to keep; to nurture”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

養

1. to raise; to rear

   養豬／养猪  ―  yǎng zhū  ―  to raise pigs

   養狗／养狗  ―  yǎng gǒu  ―  to raise or nurture a pet dog

2. to support; to provide for; to bring up

   養家／养家  ―  yǎngjiā  ―  to support a family

   他是奶奶養大的。 [MSC, trad.]
   他是奶奶养大的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā shì nǎinai yǎng dà de.

   He was raised by his grandma.

   佢父母仲有收入，唔使佢養。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢父母仲有收入，唔使佢养。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ fu⁶ mou⁵ zung⁶ jau⁵ sau¹ jap⁶, m⁴ sai² keoi⁵ joeng⁵.

   His parents still have income and don't need to be provided for by him.

3. to give birth to

   養小人／养小人 [Shanghainese]  ―  ⁶yan ⁵shiau-gnin [Wugniu]  ―  To give birth to a child

4. to rest; to convalesce

   養病／养病  ―  yǎngbìng  ―  to convalesce

   養肝明目／养肝明目  ―  yǎng gān míng mù  ―  to nourish the liver and improve vision

   • 把豬也還與王家，再折些須銀子給他養那打壞了的腿。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     把猪也还与王家，再折些须银子给他养那打坏了的腿。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE

     Bǎ zhū yě huán yǔ Wáng jiā, zài zhé xiēxū yínzi gěi tā yǎng nà dǎ huài le de tuǐ.

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

5. to maintain

   養路／养路  ―  yǎnglù  ―  to maintain a road or railway

6. to cultivate; to form

   要養成每天運動的習慣 [MSC, trad.]
   要养成每天运动的习惯 [MSC, simp.]

   yào yǎng chéng měitiān yùndòng de xíguàn

   One needs to cultivate the habit of exercising daily.

7. to let one's hair grow
8. to support; to help

   以農養工／以农养工  ―  yǐ nóng yǎng gōng  ―  to use agriculture to support industries

9. (in compounds) foster; adoptive

   養父母／养父母  ―  yǎngfùmǔ  ―  foster parents

10. accomplishment; cultivation

    素養／素养  ―  sùyǎng  ―  accomplishment

11. 81st tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "fostering" (𝍖)

Synonyms

• (to give birth to):

Descendants

Others:

• → Proto-Tai: *liəŋꟲ (“to raise”)
  • Thai: เลี้ยง (líiang, “to raise, to bring up”)

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

養

1. to support and provide for (parents or elder relatives)

Compounds

References

• “養”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Shinjitai	養
Kyūjitai	養󠄁 養+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	養󠄄 養+󠄄? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: よう (yō, Jōyō)^{←やう (yau, historical)}
• Kan-on: よう (yō, Jōyō)^{←やう (yau, historical)}
• Kun: やしなう (yashinau, 養う, Jōyō)^{←やしなふ (yasinafu, 養ふ, historical)}; うむ (umu, 養む)
• Nanori: おさ (osa); かい (kai); きよ (kiyo); すけ (suke); のぶ (nobu); まもる (mamoru); やす (yasu); よし (yoshi)

Compounds

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Affix

養(よう) • (yō) ^{←やう (yau)?}

1. to raise; to rear; to bring up
2. to support

References

Korean

Hanja

養 (eumhun 기를 양 (gireul yang))

1. Hanja form^? of 양 (“to raise”).

Vietnamese

Han character

養: Hán Nôm readings: dưỡng, dẳng, dường

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