raise animals

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
饣 meaning component

  Meaning component

shí

  

eat

is a component form of .

司 sound component

  Sound component

  

take charge of

Evolution

饲 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
饲 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

raise animals; feed; nourish; to raise; to rear; to feed

() 

old variant of |[sì]

Most common words with 饲
Freq.
Word
Meaning

饲料

feed

饲养

to raise

饲养员

zookeeper

to raise

饲草

forage grass