Read Edit View history Discussion 養 yǎng HSK2 raise, bring up Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 食 represents the meaning and 羊 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas yǎng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 养 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 養 Simp strokes 養 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 養 Simp strokes 養 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 養 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 356, 830 ], [ 423, 794 ], [ 446, 764 ] ], [ [ 605, 877 ], [ 624, 847 ], [ 554, 763 ] ], [ [ 298, 685 ], [ 335, 679 ], [ 439, 689 ], [ 677, 734 ], [ 711, 734 ] ], [ [ 345, 597 ], [ 413, 592 ], [ 530, 609 ], [ 540, 616 ], [ 621, 632 ], [ 662, 629 ] ], [ [ 470, 673 ], [ 496, 648 ], [ 493, 559 ], [ 477, 540 ] ], [ [ 212, 487 ], [ 255, 481 ], [ 409, 510 ], [ 714, 550 ], [ 782, 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