畜
livestock, domestic fowl and animals
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
20 of 60- 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
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.