yǎng

to bring up (children); to raise (animals); to keep (pets)

Character data

Radical ⾷ (184.6)
Strokes 14
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

養 yǎng
  1. 1. to bring up (children)
  2. 2. to raise (animals)
  3. 3. to keep (pets)
  4. 4. to support
  5. 5. to give birth

Words containing 養

Word Meaning
to place in the care of sb (a child, pet etc); to foster
Peng Yangou, late Qing novelist
Evian, mineral water company (Tw)
to indulge sb (usu. a child); to spoil
to bring up; to raise; to foster
adopt (a child)
to raise; to bring up; to foster
to bring up (a child)
custody (of a child etc)
child support payment (after a divorce)
to adopt (a child); adoption
to breed (livestock, fish, crops etc); to raise; to grow
upbringing; education; to nurture
free-range raising (of poultry, cattle etc)
breastfeeding
aquaculture
aquaculture
self-restraint; self-possession; to conserve (e.g. water)
to nourish
trophoblastic layer (attaches fertilized ovum to the uterus)
nutrition; nourishment
malnutrition; undernourishment; deficiency disease
nourishment; nutrient
nutriology
nutritionist; dietitian