育

Stroke order

• In Taiwan, the upper component of the character contains ⿻一厶 (3 strokes) while in other regions, the upper component contains ⿱亠厶 (4 strokes).
• In Taiwan, the bottom component of the character contains ⺼ (meat radical) while in other regions, the bottom component contains ⺝ (similar to 月 but with a vertical left stroke).
• The historical Kangxi dictionary records two character forms, ⿳亠厶⺝ (8 strokes) and ⿱⿻一厶⺝ (7 strokes). The alternative form with 7 strokes (page 974, character 10) is based on Zhengzitong which claims that it is the original form (本字 (běnzì)).
• A CJK compatibility ideograph exists at U+2F982 for the alternative Taiwan form which contains ⿱亠厶 (4 strokes) as the upper component and ⺼ as the bottom component.

育 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+3 in traditional Chinese (Taiwan), 肉+4 in Chinese (mainland China, Hong Kong), Japanese and Korean, 7 strokes in traditional Chinese (Taiwan), 8 strokes in mainland China and Japanese and Korean, cangjie input 卜戈月 (YIB) or 大戈月 (KIB), four-corner 0022₇, composition ⿳亠厶⺝(GHJKV) or ⿱⿻一厶⺼(T) or ⿳亠厶⺼(U+2F982))

• 俼, 唷, 堉, 㛩, 㥔, 𢯡, 淯, 𦝑, 棛, 𣨧, 焴, 㻙, 逳, 𥺞, 䋭, 蜟, 䘻, 𧶰, 𨂔, 𨌯, 𨡚, 𣫺, 錥(𫓾), 𩛭, 𩩣
• 𠾀, 𡡠, 徹, 撤, 澈, 𤢉, 㬚, 𦠣, 㯙, 瞮, 𦅄, 𦔞, 䒆, 𨅊, 轍(辙), 𩍒, 𦚯, 㣃, 𨟝
• 𠃴, 𪟆, 𨛼, 𫆡, 𣣎, 𣪟, 𮌫, 𨿾, 𫆽, 𬛠, 𫇄, 𦱀, 𤀷

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 976, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29318
• Dae Jaweon: page 1427, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2052, character 5
• Unihan data for U+80B2

• Unihan data for U+2F982

Historical forms of the character 育
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

A later alternative form of 毓 (yù). Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *luɡ) : semantic 𠫓 (“upside-down baby, being born”) + phonetic 肉 (OC *njuɡ).

See 毓 (yù) for the earlier glyph.

Schuessler, 2007 compares Jingpho (lu³¹, “to give birth (to a child)”), based on Zhengzhang's Old Chinese reconstruction; however, Baxter and Sagart's reconstruction makes a connection doubtful. For the B-S reconstruction, note similarities to Burmese မွေး (mwe:, “to give birth, raise”).

育

1. to give birth to
2. to raise; to bring up; to rear
3. to educate
4. a surname

育

1. Only used in 杭育 (hángyō, “heave-ho”).

育

1. ^† Alternative form of 胄 (zhòu, “descendant”)

• “育”, 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–

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

1. bring up, raise
2. grow

• Go-on: いく (iku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: いく (iku, Jōyō)
• Kun: そだてる (sodateru, 育てる, Jōyō)、はぐくむ (hagukumu, 育む, Jōyō)、そだつ (sodatsu, 育つ, Jōyō)

• 教(きょう)育(いく) (kyōiku): education

From Middle Chinese 育 (MC yuwk).

• IPA^(key):

育(いく) • (iku) 

1. raise; bring up; grow up

育 (eumhun 기를 육 (gireul yuk))

1. hanja form^? of 육 (“to raise”)

• 교육 (敎育, gyoyuk, “education”)
• 체육 (體育, cheyuk, “physical education, exercise”)

育: Hán Nôm readings: dục

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