# 育 grow up / be raised

(decapitated cow) + 月 (moon/organ)
★★★★☆
8 strokes
PN

## Onyomi

IKU | The lady shrieked 'IKU!IKU!' as she was impregnated with the child she would have to raise for the next 18 years.

## Mnemonic

| I was raised to decapitate a cow every month. (FYI, My dad was Ted Nugent)

## Kunyomi

( を ) そだ＊てる | to bring up or to raise a child/underling ★★★★☆
( が ) そだ＊つ | to be brought up (in a certain way) to grow up. ★★★☆☆

## Jukugo

教育(きょういく) | education ★★★☆☆ 教 (teach) + 育 (grow up / be raised) = 教育 (education)
育児(いくじ) | child-rearing ★☆☆☆☆ 育 (grow up / be raised) + 児 (baby) = 育児 (child-rearing)
体育(たいいく) | P.E. class ★☆☆☆☆ 体 (body) + 育 (grow up / be raised) = 体育 (P.E. class)