养 — Chinese character
养
yǎng
to raise, to rear, to bring up; to support
- Pinyin
- yǎng
- Radical
- 12 ⼋ (Eight)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 羊 儿
- Formation
- pictophonetic — child; meaning component 儿; sound component 羊
- Traditional
- 養
Common words with 养
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 培养 (培養) | péi yǎng | to cultivate; to breed |
| 营养 (營養) | yíng yǎng | nutrition; nourishment |
| 养殖 (養殖) | yǎng zhí | to raise; to breed (animals etc) |
| 养老 (養老) | yǎng lǎo | to provide for the elderly (family members); to enjoy a life in retirement |
| 饲养 (飼養) | sì yǎng | to raise; to rear |
| 养成 (養成) | yǎng chéng | to cultivate; to raise |
| 保养 (保養) | bǎo yǎng | to take good care of (or conserve) one's health; to keep in good repair |
| 收养 (收養) | shōu yǎng | to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc); to adopt (a child) |
| 抚养 (撫養) | fǔ yǎng | to foster; to bring up |
| 教养 (教養) | jiào yǎng | to educate; to bring up; to nurture; upbringing; breeding; culture |
| 养生 (養生) | yǎng shēng | to maintain good health; to raise a child or animal |
| 素养 (素養) | sù yǎng | (personal) accomplishment; attainment in self-cultivation |
English words written with 养
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.