飼
domesticate, raise, keep, feed
Readings
On'yomi
- シ
Kun'yomi
- か.う
Nanori
- かい
Meaning
飼 centers on providing care and sustenance to animals: domesticating, raising, keeping, and feeding them.
Most common words using 飼
20 of 52- 飼うかうN4
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
- 飼い主かいぬしN2
(pet) owner; keeper
- 飼育しいくN2
breeding; raising; rearing; keeping
- 飼料しりょう
fodder; feed
- 飼い犬かいいぬ
pet dog
- 放し飼いはなしがい
free-range rearing; letting (animals) roam freely; pasturing; grazing
- 子飼いこがい
rearing from infancy
- 鵜飼いうかい
cormorant fishing
- 飼養しよう
breeding; raising
- 飼いかい
raising (of animals); rearing; keeping
- 飼い殺しかいごろし
keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life
- 飼い葉かいば
fodder
- 飼い猫かいねこ
pet cat
- ケージ飼育ケージしいく
cage feeding
- バタリー飼育バタリーしいく
battery rearing; battery raising; battery farming
- 地上飼育ちじょうしいく
floor feeding
- 外飼いそとがい
keeping (a pet) outdoors
- 多頭飼いたとうがい
owning multiple animals (esp. pets of the same kind)
- 多頭飼育たとうしいく
large-scale breeding
- 多頭飼育崩壊たとうしいくほうかい
animal hoarding; compulsive accumulation of pets
Study
Etymology
飼 combines 飠 (food/eat) with 司, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of managing or overseeing, together suggesting feeding and caring for animals.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side 飠 means food or eating, and the right side 司 looks like a person managing something. Picture a person giving food to an animal to raise and keep it.
Reading mnemonic
For シ, imagine a sheep (シ sounds like 'she') being fed and raised: sheep -> シ, and the sheep is kept well-fed.