Memory phrase for the Kanji: 牧


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Meaning pasture, meadow, breed

Pronunciation

BOKU
maki

Explanation

Left: cow , right: to beat/strike (hand with a stick )

Mnemonic


 
The cow is driven with strikes to the pasture.

Radicals

cowShows the head キ of a cow with only one horn .
Stick in a handThe radical nobun shows a hand or that holds a stick (simplified from the Chinese radical 66 攴 for whip or rap. In this radical, the stick in the hand is easily cognizable.)
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 Vocabulary

まき  pasture, grazing land
牧師 ぼくし  pastor, minister, clergyman
牧畜 ぼくちく  stock-farming
遊牧 ゆうぼく  nomadism
牧場 ぼくじょう, まきば  farm (livestock), pasture land, meadow

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