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Kotomora

畜

livestock, domestic fowl and animals

JLPTN2StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes10

Readings

On'yomi

  • チク

Kun'yomi

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Meaning

畜 centers on animals raised and kept by people: livestock and domestic fowl. The idea is domesticated creatures managed for human use.

Most common words using 畜

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  • 家畜かちく
    N1

    domestic animals; livestock; cattle

  • 鬼畜きちく

    brute; savage; fiend

  • 社畜しゃちく

    corporate drone; corporate slave

  • 畜生ちくしょう
    N1

    damn it; damn; son of a bitch; for Christ's sake

  • 畜産ちくさん
    N1

    animal husbandry; livestock industry

  • 牧畜ぼくちく
    N2

    stock-farming; livestock farming; cattle breeding

  • 人畜じんちく

    men and animals

  • こん畜生こんちくしょう

    blast it!; bloody hell!; by thunder!; damn!; son of a bitch!

  • 畜舎ちくしゃ

    cattle shed; barn

  • こん畜生こんちきしょう

    blast it!; bloody hell!; by thunder!; damn!; son of a bitch!

  • 人畜共通感染症じんちくきょうつうかんせんしょう

    zoonosis (disease transmissible from animals to humans or vice versa)

  • 人畜無害じんちくむがい

    harmless to humans and animals

  • 家畜化かちくか

    domestication

  • 家畜商かちくしょう

    domestic livestock dealer

  • 家畜囲いかちくかこい

    cattle pen

  • 家畜改良センターかちくかいりょうセンター

    National Livestock Breeding Center; NLBC

  • 家畜病院かちくびょういん

    veterinary hospital

  • 家畜登録かちくとうろく

    registration of livestock

  • 家畜試験場かちくしけんじょう

    domestic animal research centre; livestock experiment station

  • 家畜車かちくしゃ

    cattle wagon; cattle van; stock car

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Study

Etymology

畜 combines 玄 (dark, mysterious) and 田 (field), likely suggesting animals kept in fields or enclosures. The exact historical development is uncertain, but the field component fits the livestock meaning.

Meaning mnemonic

玄 looks like a dark enclosure or barn, and 田 is a field. Picture livestock kept in a dark barn next to a field: 畜 means domestic animals.

Reading mnemonic

For チク, imagine a chick pecking around the barn and field: chick -> チク, and the chick is one of the domestic fowl.