養
foster, bring up, rear, develop, nurture
Readings
On'yomi
- ヨウ
- リョウ
Kun'yomi
- やしな.う
Nanori
- や
Meaning
養 centers on providing sustained care so that something grows or thrives: fostering children, rearing animals, developing skills, or nurturing well-being.
Most common words using 養
24 of 289- 栄養えいようN3
nutrition; nourishment
- 教養きょうようN2
(understanding or appreciation of) culture; (one's) education; cultivation; sophistication; refinement
- 養成ようせいN1
training; education; development; cultivation
- 養子ようしN1
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
- 療養りょうようN1
recuperation; medical treatment
- 養うやしなうN2
to support; to maintain; to provide for
- 供養くよう
memorial service for the dead; holding a service
- 養殖ようしょくN1
aquaculture; culture; cultivation; raising
- 培養ばいよう
culture; cultivation
- 養育よういく
bringing up; rearing; upbringing
- 休養きゅうようN2
rest; relaxation; recreation; recuperation; convalescence
- 養護ようごN1
nursing; (protective) care
- 保養ほようN1
health preservation; recuperation; recreation
- 栄養素えいようそ
nutrient
- 扶養ふようN1
support (e.g. of one's dependents); maintenance
- 栄養士えいようし
dietitian; (licensed) nutritionist
- 養老ようろう
making provision for the elderly; making provision for one's old age
- 栄養失調えいようしっちょうN1
malnutrition
- 養父ようふ
foster father; adoptive father
- 養豚ようとん
pig-keeping; pig farming
- 静養せいよう
(convalescent) rest
- 養鶏ようけい
poultry raising; poultry farming; chicken farming
- 滋養じよう
nourishment; nutrition
- 養蚕ようさん
sericulture; silkworm culture; silkworm raising
Study
Etymology
養 combines 食 (food/eat) with a phonetic component derived from 羊 (sheep), suggesting the idea of providing food to raise or nurture. The upper part historically relates to 羊, and the whole character expresses fostering through sustenance.
Meaning mnemonic
The bottom is 食 (food/eat), and the top looks like a sheep 羊 with extra strokes. Picture feeding a sheep to raise it: providing food is how you foster and nurture growth.
Reading mnemonic
For ヨウ, imagine a young sheep being fostered: young -> ヨウ, and you are bringing it up with care.