Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
nourishing, more & more, be luxuriant, planting, turbidity
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1563 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 滋養 【ジヨウ】 nourishment, nutrition
  • 慈雨 【ジウ】 welcome rain, beneficial rain, blessed rain, rain that comes after a drought
  • 京滋 【ケイジ】 Kyoto-Shiga, Kyoto and Shiga
  • 茂る 【シゲル】 to grow thickly, to be in full leaf, to be rampant, to luxuriate, to be luxurious
  • 滋賀 【シガ】 Shiga (prefecture)

Readings

Japanese names:
し、 しげ、 しげる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zi1
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • florecer
  • ser exuberante
  • nutritivo

Portuguese

  • nutrir
  • mais & mais
  • ser luxuriante
  • planta
  • turbidez

French

  • nourrissant
  • de plus en plus
  • luxuriant
  • plantation
  • turbidité
1327 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1625 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2626 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1395 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1489 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2460 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1549 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1651 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1776 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1222 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
734 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
437 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
549 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1400 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17919P Morohashi
602 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3238 New Nelson (John Haig)
1388 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1489 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1559 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
371 2001 Kanji
3a9.27 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
3813.2 Four corner code
1-28-02 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6ecb Unicode hex code

15 strokes
Radical:
eat, food 食 (飠)
Parts:
Variants:
foster, bring up, rear, develop, nurture
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
888 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 養子 【ヨウシ】 adopted child (usu. male), son-in-law
  • 養育 【ヨウイク】 bringing up, rearing, upbringing
  • 供養 【クヨウ】 memorial service for the dead, holding a service
  • 培養 【バイヨウ】 culture, cultivation, cultivation (of plants), growing, raising, cultivation (e.g. of a skill), nurture (of democracy, national power, etc.), growth

Kun reading compounds

  • 養う 【やしなう】 to support, to maintain, to provide for, to bring up, to raise, to rear, to feed, to adopt (a child), to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.), to develop, to build up, to foster, to recuperate (from injury, illness, etc.)

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yang3, yang4
Korean:
yang

Spanish

  • criar
  • mantener
  • cultivarse

Portuguese

  • alimentar
  • educar
  • cultivar
  • desenvolvee
  • nutrir

French

  • nourrir
  • élever
  • cultiver
  • soigner
  • développer
731 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
624 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
594 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
605 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3671 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
773 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1907 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2558 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
402 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
406 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
675 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1901 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2998 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1531 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2089 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1491 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
44144 Morohashi
2365 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6691 New Nelson (John Haig)
1479 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1591 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
629 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
965 2001 Kanji
2o13.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-12 SKIP code
2-8-7 SKIP code
2-2-13 SKIP code
2-6-9 SKIP code
8073.2 Four corner code
1-45-60 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
990a Unicode hex code