Medoru
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牧
JLPT N1 SL4 8 strokes Frequency: #1360

Meanings

Breed, Care For, Shepherd, Feed, Pasture

Radicals

牛

Decomposition

⿰牛攵

Etymology

Ideographic: A hand 攵 leading an ox 牛

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 8

Stroke Order

1 diagonal right-to-left
2 horizontal bottom-to-top
3 vertical right-to-left
4 rising bottom-to-top
5 diagonal top-to-bottom
6 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
7 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
8 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ボク boku
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
まき maki

Words Using This Kanji

49 words total
Other (20 words)
牧牛 ぼくぎゅう

pasturing cattle

牧者 ぼくしゃ

herder

牧民 ぼくみん

governing

牧舎 ぼくしゃ

barn

牧羊地 ぼくようち

pasture or grazing land

牧師館 ぼくしかん

parsonage

牧夫 ぼくふ

herdsman

牧地 ぼくち

pasture or grazing land

牧歌 ぼっか

shepherd's song

農牧 のうぼく

raising crops and livestock

遊牧民 ゆうぼくみん

nomad

農牧地 のうぼくち

arable and grazing land

海洋牧場 かいようぼくじょう

marine ranch

牧 まき

pasture

牧会書簡 ぼっかいしょかん

Pastoral Epistles (i.e. Timothy 1 and 2, Titus)

遊牧民族 ゆうぼくみんぞく

nomadic tribe

移牧 いぼく

transhumance

放牧場 ほうぼくじょう

pasture

従軍牧師 じゅうぐんぼくし

military chaplain

州牧 しゅうぼく

governor (of an ancient Chinese province)

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