Phonosemantic compound. 飠 represents the meaning and 司 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (飼)
Simplified (饲)
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蝕 eat away (trad)飢 starving (trad/jp)飩 dumplings (trad)飪 cooked food (trad)飫 surfeited (trad)飯 meal (trad/jp)飴 Sweet-Cakes Sweet-Meats (trad)飽 sated (trad/jp)餃 dumpling (trad)餄 noodles either made (trad)餅 cookie (trad/jp)餉 rations and pay (trad)餌 bait (trad/jp)餎 noodles either made (trad)餑 cakes (trad)餒 dispirited (trad)餓 hungry (trad/jp)餕 leftovers (trad)餘 excess (trad)餚 cooked or prepared meat (trad)
Chinese
饲 / 飼 [sì]
to raise; to rear; to feed
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
飼 うまかい
Umakai unclassified name
飼 つるがい
Tsurugai surname
CHINESE WORDS (12)
饲料 [sìliào] #16,939
feed
饲养 [sìyǎng] #17,352
to raise
饲养员 [sìyǎngyuán] #31,409
zookeeper
饲草 [sìcǎo] #36,042
forage grass
饲养业 [sìyǎngyè] #49,975
stock farming
饲养者 [sìyǎngzhě] #52,433
feeder
动物性饲料 [dòngwùxìngsìliào]
feed made of animal products
饲槽 [sìcáo]
feeding trough
饲育 [sìyù]
to rear (an animal)
饲养场 [sìyǎngchǎng]
farm
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JAPANESE WORDS (51)
⭐ 飼う [かう] #3,811
to keep (a pet or other animal)
⭐ 飼い主 [かいぬし] #9,945
(pet) owner
⭐ 飼育 [しいく] #14,638
breeding
⭐ 飼い犬 [かいいぬ] #21,853
pet dog
子飼い [こがい] #30,856
rearing from infancy
飼い猫 [かいねこ] #32,550
pet cat
飼いならす [かいならす] #32,718
to tame (an animal)
羊飼い [ひつじかい] #33,525
shepherd
放し飼い [はなしがい] #39,419
free-range rearing
飼い殺し [かいごろし] #41,626
keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life
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KOREAN WORDS (2)