Kanji1 / 15
養 kanji
foster, bring up, rear, develop, nurture
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
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On readings
ヨウリョウ
Kun readings
やしなう
Variant forms
养羪Words with 養
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3栄養Popularnutrition; nourishment
- N2休養Popularrest; relaxation; recreation; recuperation; convalescence
- N2教養Popular(understanding or appreciation of) culture; (one's) education; cultivation; sophistication; refinement
- N2養分nutrient; nourishment
- N1扶養Popularsupport (e.g. of one's dependents); maintenance
- N1保養Popularhealth preservation; recuperation; recreation
- N1養成Populartraining; education; development; cultivation
- N1養護Popularnursing; (protective) care
- —供養Popularmemorial service for the dead; holding a service
- —滋養Popularnourishment; nutrition
- —培養Popularculture; cultivation; cultivation (of plants); growing; raising; cultivation (e.g. of a skill); nurture (of democracy, national power, etc.); growth
- —養育Popularbringing up; rearing; upbringing
- —養鶏Popularpoultry raising; poultry farming; chicken farming
- —養蚕Popularsericulture; silkworm culture; silkworm raising
- —養子Popularadopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
- —養殖Popularaquaculture; culture; cultivation; raising
- —養豚Popularpig-keeping; pig farming
- —養父Popularfoster father; adoptive father
- —療養Popularrecuperation; medical treatment
- —静養Popular(convalescent) rest