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养

yǎng

to raise; to keep

HSK 2 · Topic “Nature and weather”
A person feeding a puppy
Memory picture

Character

养 yǎng

Strokes
9
Radical
丷 — horns
Made of
羊 sheep, goat 儿 son, child
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 我养一只猫。 Wǒ yǎng yì zhī māo. I keep a cat.
  • 他养小狗。 Tā yǎng xiǎo gǒu. He keeps a puppy.
  • 养花很有趣。 Yǎng huā hěn yǒu qù. Growing flowers is interesting.

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