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Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
羊 食 ⿱𦍌食
Mandarin
yang3, yang4
English
Definitions
to support; give birth; keep (pets); to bring sb. up; etc.); to raise (pig; bring up; itch; to raise (pig etc.); rear
Mnemonic
Give food 食 to a sheep 羊
Etymology
Notes
Was originally oversee 尹 a sheep 羊