# 養 cultivate, rear

羊 (sheep) Same-ON + (animal legs) + 良 (good)
★★★☆☆
15 strokes

## Onyomi

YOU |

## Mnemonic

| If you rear sheep good enough, you can even teach them to YODEL.

## Kunyomi

やしな*う | to foster, raise, breed, cultivate. usually about animals. Or orphans. (seriously!) ★★★☆☆

## Jukugo

栄養(えいよう) | nutrition ★★☆☆☆ 栄 (glory) + 養 (cultivate, rear) = 栄養 (nutrition)
教養(きょうよう) | refinement ★☆☆☆☆ 教 (teach) + 養 (cultivate, rear) = 教養 (refinement) culture and refinement - think of My Fair Lady.
養子(ようし) | adopted child ☆☆☆☆☆ FR 養 (cultivate, rear) + 子 (child) = 養子 (adopted child) an adopted child. See, and you thought I was just being a dick. Don't blame the messenger, people!