Memory phrase for the character: 牧


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Meaning

pasture, meadow, breed

Pronunciation

BOKU
maki

Explanation

Left: cow 牛, right: to beat/strike 攵 (hand 又 with a stick ノ)

Mnemonic


 
The cow is driven with strikes to the pasture.

Radicals

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




 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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