牧 — Chinese character
牧
mù
shepherd; to tend cattle
- Pinyin
- mù
- Radical
- 93 ⽜ (Cow)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 牛 攵
- Formation
- ideographic — A hand 攵 leading an ox 牛
- Japanese
- 牧 as a kanji
Common words with 牧
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 牧师 (牧師) | mù shī | chaplain; churchman |
| 牧场 (牧場) | mù chǎng | pasture; grazing land |
| 游牧 (遊牧) | yóu mù | nomadic; to move about in search of pasture |
| 畜牧 | xù mù | to raise animals |
| 牧民 | mù mín | herdsman |
| 牧区 (牧區) | mù qū | grazing land; pasture |
| 放牧 | fàng mù | to graze (livestock); to herd (livestock) |
| 畜牧业 (畜牧業) | xù mù yè | animal husbandry; stock raising |
| 牧羊人 | mù yáng rén | shepherd |
| 牧草 | mù cǎo | pasture grass; fodder |
| 牧人 | mù rén | shepherd; pastor |
| 牧业 (牧業) | mù yè | livestock husbandry; animal product industry |
English words written with 牧
牧 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 8 · Zhuangzi 7
- Mencius 1A.6
- Mencius 2B.4
- Mencius 5A.7
- Mencius 5B.3
- Mencius 6A.8
- Mencius 7B.37
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Zhuangzi Joined Toes
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.