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 a head 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.)
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Vocabulary

 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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