飼 — kanji meaning “domesticate”
飼
domesticate, raise, keep, feed
- Meanings
- domesticate, raise, keep, feed
- On'yomi
- シ (shi)
- Kun'yomi
- か.う
- Name readings
- かい
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1392 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 184
- Chinese reading
- sì — Chinese character page
Words with 飼
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 飼育 | しいく shiiku | breeding; raising; rearing |
| 飼い主 | かいぬし kainushi | (pet) owner; keeper |
| 飼う | かう kau | to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own |
| 飼い犬 | かいいぬ kaiinu | pet dog |
| 飼料 | しりょう shiryou | fodder; feed |
| 放し飼い | はなしがい hanashigai | free-range rearing; letting (animals) roam freely; pasturing |
| 飼い | かい kai | raising (of animals); rearing; keeping |
| 子飼い | こがい kogai | rearing from infancy |
| 飼養 | しよう shiyou | breeding; raising |
| 飼い殺し | かいごろし kaigoroshi | keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life |
| 飼い葉 | かいば kaiba | fodder |
| 鵜飼い | うかい ukai | cormorant fishing |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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