牧
breed, care for, shepherd, feed, pasture
Readings
On'yomi
- ボク
Kun'yomi
- まき
Nanori
- ま
- まい
- もく
Meaning
牧 centers on tending and raising animals: breeding, feeding, shepherding, and caring for livestock on pasture.
Most common words using 牧
20 of 58- 牧場ぼくじょうN2
farm (livestock); stock farm; ranch; station
- 牧師ぼくしN1
pastor; minister; clergyman; reverend
- 牧ぼく
regional governor in ancient China
- 牧まき
pasture; grazing land
- 牧野ぼくや
pasture land; ranch
- 放牧ほうぼく
pasturage; grazing
- 牧草ぼくそう
pasture; grass
- 牧歌ぼっか
shepherd's song
- 遊牧民ゆうぼくみん
nomad
- 牧羊ぼくよう
sheep farming
- 牧畜ぼくちくN2
stock-farming; livestock farming; cattle breeding
- 遊牧ゆうぼくN1
nomadism
- 牧者ぼくしゃ
herder; herdsman; shepherd
- 牧舎ぼくしゃ
barn; stable
- 牧歌的ぼっかてき
pastoral; idyllic
- 遊牧民族ゆうぼくみんぞくN1
nomadic tribe; nomadic people; nomadic race
- OK牧場オッケーぼくじょう
OK; sure; certainly; no problem
- ゆかいな牧場ゆかいなぼくじょう
Old MacDonald Had a Farm (children's song)
- クマ牧場くまぼくじょう
bear farm; bear ranch
- 代理牧師だいりぼくし
vicar
Study
Etymology
牧 combines 牜 (cow) and 攵 (a hand holding a stick), suggesting a hand herding cattle. This is a standard phono-semantic compound where 攵 may also hint at the sound.
Meaning mnemonic
A cow (牜) on the left and a hand with a stick (攵) on the right: picture a shepherd using a staff to guide cattle across a pasture.
Reading mnemonic
For ボク, imagine a shepherd herding cattle while wearing a pair of boxy boots: box -> ボク, and the boots help him walk the pasture.