Kanji 育

音読おんよみ: イク

訓読くんよみ: そだつ・そだてる・はぐくむ

画数かくすう: 8

部首ぶしゅ: にくづき（⺼）

Meaning

Raise / Bring up / Grow / Nurture

  • Basic forms
  • 育つ — to grow; to be raised / base form
  • 育ちます — (it) grows / masu form
  • 育った — grew; was raised / ta form
  • 育って — grow and … / te-form
  • 育たない — does not grow / negative form
  • 育てば — if (it) grows / conditional
育つ (そだつ) is an Intransitive Godan verb. It describes natural growth or being raised by someone — the subject grows by itself (e.g., a child grows, plants grow).
  • Basic forms
  • 育てる — to raise; to bring up / base form
  • 育てます — (I) raise / masu form
  • 育てた — raised; brought up / ta form
  • 育てて — raise and … / te-form
  • 育てない — do not raise / negative form
  • 育てれば — if (I) raise / conditional
育てる (そだてる) is a Transitive Ichidan verb. It describes the action of raising or nurturing someone or something (e.g., raising a child, growing plants).
  • 育成いくせい — training / nurturing
  • 教育きょういく — education
  • 育児いくじ — child-rearing
  • 養育よういく — upbringing / care
  • 発育はついく — development / physical growth

The kanji 育 combines 月 (meat/flesh) and 子 (child). It depicts the nurturing or fostering of a child — hence its extended meaning of growth, development, and education.

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