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飼 means 'raise animals'

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Strokes : 13    Frequency: 1352   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-19    Grade: 5   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 22 words   Used in 51 words   Used in 166 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   シ
Kun
   かう to raise (animals), rear
Additional readings
Name    かい
Variants
饲 (Chinese)   飤 (Chinese)  
Notes
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Components
⿰  飠 (食) eat; food  司 administer  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 飼 is used 3 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 飼 is used 35 times, read 2 ways (with 2 variations).
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シ : 11 words FIND ALL
し い く 0
breeding; raising; rearing
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かう : 14 words FIND ALL
か う 1
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
to keep (a pet or other animal); to raise; to have; to own; to feed
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かう (read as が) : 5 words FIND ALL
は な し が い 0 は な し が い 3
noun
1. free range breeding; pasturing; grazing
2. letting run free (dog, child, etc.)
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かい: 5 words. FIND ALL
う か い 0 う か い 1
noun
1. cormorant fishing
2. cormorant fisherman
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Additional less common words include 飼 but readings have not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 722 (originally: 1322)  Joy o' Kanji : 1322  Key to Kanji: 435 

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飼
シ   raise animals   かう to raise (animals), rear   
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司
シ    administer   
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可
カ    good, possible, approval   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
亅
hook
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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飠
eat; food
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