養

養 (Kangxi radical 184, 食+6, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿人戈日女 (TOIAV), four-corner 8073₂, composition ⿱𦍌食)

• KangXi: page 1419, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44144
• Dae Jaweon: page 1943, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4452, character 8
• Unihan data for U+990A

Ideogrammic compound (會意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *laŋʔ, *laŋs) : phonetic 羊 (OC *laŋ, “sheep”) + semantic 食 (“to feed”).

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-klawŋ (“to guard; to tend cattle; to graze; to be at leisure”), whence Tibetan སྐྱོང (skyong, “to keep; to nurture”) (STEDT).

養

1. to raise; to rear

   養豬／养猪  ―  yǎng zhū  ―  to raise pigs

   養狗／养狗  ―  yǎng gǒu  ―  to pet a dog

2. to support; to provide for; to bring up

   養家／养家  ―  yǎngjiā  ―  to support a family

   他是奶奶養大的。／他是奶奶养大的。  ―  Tā shì nǎinai yǎng dà de.  ―  He was raised by his grandma.

   佢父母仲有收入，唔使佢養。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢父母仲有收入，唔使佢养。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ fu² mou⁵ zung⁶ jau⁵ sau¹ jap⁶, m⁴ sai² keoi⁵ joeng⁵. [Jyutping]

   His parents still have income and don't need to be provided for by him.

3. to give birth to
4. to rest; to convalesce

   養病／养病  ―  yǎngbìng  ―  to convalesce

   養肝明目／养肝明目  ―  yǎng gān míng mù  ―  to nourish the liver and improve vision

   • 把豬也還與王家，再折些須銀子給他養那打壞了的腿。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     把猪也还与王家，再折些须银子给他养那打坏了的腿。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE

     Bǎ zhū yě huán yǔ Wáng jiā, zài zhé xiēxū yínzi gěi tā yǎng nà dǎ huài le de tuǐ. [Pinyin]

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5. to maintain

   養路／养路  ―  yǎnglù  ―  to maintain a road or railway

6. to cultivate; to form

   要養成每天運動的習慣 [MSC, trad.]
   要养成每天运动的习惯 [MSC, simp.]

   yào yǎng chéng měitiān yùndòng de xíguàn [Pinyin]

   One needs to cultivate the habit of exercising daily.

7. to let one's hair grow
8. to support; to help

   以農養工／以农养工  ―  yǐ nóng yǎng gōng  ―  to use agriculture to support industries

9. (in compounds) foster; adoptive

   養父母／养父母  ―  yǎngfùmǔ  ―  foster parents

10. accomplishment; cultivation

    素養／素养  ―  sùyǎng  ―  accomplishment

11. 81st tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "fostering" (𝍖)

• → Proto-Tai: *liəŋꟲ (“to raise”)
  • Thai: เลี้ยง (líiang, “to raise, to bring up”)

養

1. to support and provide for (parents or elder relatives)

• “養”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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• Go-on: よう (yō, Jōyō)^{←やう (yau, historical)}
• Kan-on: よう (yō, Jōyō)^{←やう (yau, historical)}
• Kun: やしなう (yashinau, 養う, Jōyō)^{←やしなふ (yasinafu, 養ふ, historical)}; うむ (umu, 養む)
• Nanori: おさ (osa); かい (kai); きよ (kiyo); すけ (suke); のぶ (nobu); まもる (mamoru); やす (yasu); よし (yoshi)

• IPA^(key): [jo̞ː]

養(よう) • (yō) ^{←やう (yau)?}

1. to raise; to rear; to bring up
2. to support

養 (eumhun 기를 양 (gireul yang))

1. Hanja form^? of 양 (“to raise”).

養: Hán Nôm readings: dưỡng, dẳng

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