养 (yǎng): meaning and stroke order

养 (yǎng) means to raise (animals), to bring up (children), to keep (pets), to support, to give birth.

养

Simplified: 养
Traditional: 養
Pinyin: yǎng

Stroke order of 养

养

yǎng to raise (animals); to bring up (children)
9 strokes
Traditional form: 養

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 养

yǎng Traditional 養
- to raise (animals)
- to bring up (children)
- to keep (pets)
- to support
- to give birth

Radical and structure

养: Radical 八 (Kangxi radical 12) · 9 strokes

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 养

养活 yǎng huo to provide for; to keep (animals, a family etc)
养老院 yǎng lǎo yuàn nursing home
养成 yǎng chéng to cultivate; to raise
养老 yǎng lǎo to provide for the elderly (family members); to enjoy a life in retirement
营养 yíng yǎng nutrition; nourishment

养 in our stories

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有一天，他在田边捡到一只很大的田螺，就把它带回家，养在水缸里。

yǒu yì tiān tā zài tián biān jiǎn dào yì zhī hěn dà de tiánluó jiù bǎ tā dài huí jiā yǎng zài shuǐgāng lǐ

One day he found a very large river snail by the field, took it home and kept it in his water jar.

From the story The river-snail girl HSK 4
于是，她开始教人们种桑树、养蚕，再把蚕丝纺成线，织成布。

yúshì tā kāishǐ jiāo rénmen zhòng sāngshù yǎng cán zài bǎ cánsī fǎng chéng xiàn zhī chéng bù

So she began to teach people to plant mulberry trees and raise silkworms, then to spin the silk into thread and weave it into cloth.

From the story Leizu and the silkworm HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 养

The river-snail girl HSK 4
Leizu and the silkworm HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).