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| Simplified Chinese version |
| 養 U+990A |  Seal script | 䍩 Semantic variant | 养 Simplified character | 𢼝 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 食+ 6 strokes = 15 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.310#12 p.424#33 Kangxi: p.1419#26 Cihai: p.1491r4c09 GSR: 732.j Hanyu: v7,p4452#08 |
| Composition: | Top: 𦍌, bottom: 食. Component of: 𩜒 𠐒 㔦 懩 攁 瀁 𡂺 𡒶 𣝡 䑆 𣞼 𧁙 𭥉 礢 痒 𧓲 𡅖 𡗍 𮊶 𥶑 [More] |
| Mandarin: | yǎng yàng ㄧㄤˇ ㄧㄤˋ |
| Cantonese: | joeng5 joeng6 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *iɑ̌ng |
| Shuowen: | 《食部》养：供养也。从食羊声。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·上声·养·养》养：育也，乐也，饰也，字从羊食又姓孝子传有养奋。馀两切，七。 《广韵·去声·漾·漾》养：供养。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·食部·六》养：〔古文〕䍩𢼝《广韵》馀两切《集韵》《韵会》《正韵》以两切，𠀤音痒。《玉篇》育也，畜也，长也。《易·颐卦》观颐，观其所养也。又取也。《诗·周颂》于铄王师，遵养时晦。《传》养，取也。又养养，忧貌。《诗·邶风》中心养养。《注》忧不定貌。又《博雅》养，使也。《公羊传·宣十二年》厮役扈养。《注》艾草爲防者曰厮，汲水浆者曰役，养马者曰扈，炊烹者曰养。又《史记·儒林传》儿宽常爲弟子都养。《注》都养，爲弟子造食也。又姓。养由基，见《左传·成十六年》。养奋，见《孝子传》。又与痒同。《荀子·正名篇》疾养凔热，滑铍轻重，以形体异。又《广韵》《正韵》馀亮切《集韵》弋亮切，𠀤音恙。《玉篇》供养也，下奉上也。《礼·月令》收禄秩之不当，供养之不宜者。《注》谓凡恩命滥赐膳服，侈僭逾制者。《说文》本作养。《字汇》省作𩛬，附六画，非。 考证：〔《诗·周颂》于烁王师，遵养时晦。〕谨照原文于烁改于铄。 |
| Fanqie: | 馀两 (《广韵·上声·养·养》) 馀亮 (《广韵·去声·漾·漾》) |
| Unihan definition: | raise, rear, bring up; support |
Example usage
| 《论语·为政》: | 子曰：“今之孝者，是谓能养。” |
| The Master said, "The filial piety nowadays means the support of one's parents." | |
| 《孟子·尽心上》: | 喟然叹曰：“居移气，养移体，大哉居乎！” |
| And said with a deep sigh, 'One's position alters the air, just as the nurture affects the body. Great is the influence of position!' | |
| 《礼记·曲礼下》: | 凡家造：祭器为先，牺赋为次，养器为后。 |
| In all preparations of things by (the head of) a clan, the vessels of sacrifice should have the first place; the victims supplied from his revenue, the next; and the vessels for use at meals, the last. | |
| 《孝经·圣治》: | 故亲生之膝下，以养父母日严。 |
| 'Now the feeling of affection grows up at the parents' knees, and as (the duty of) nourishing those parents is exercised, the affection daily merges in awe. | |
| 《扬子法言》: | 或曰：“先生生无以养也，死无以葬也，如之何？” |
| The other said: If in life a gentleman lacks the means to support himself and dies without the means to be buried, then what is to be done? | |
| 《论衡·率性》: | 凡人君父，审观臣子之性，善则养育劝率，无令近恶。 |
| A sovereign or a father seeing that his subjects or sons have good characters, provides for them, exhorts them, and keeps them out of the reach of evil. | |
| 《庄子·养生主》: | 缘督以为经，可以保身，可以全生，可以养亲，可以尽年。 |
| An accordance with the Central Element (of our nature) is the regular way to preserve the body, to maintain the life, to nourish our parents, and to complete our term of years. | |
| 《道德经》: | 衣养万物而不为主，常无欲，可名于小。 |
| It clothes all things as with a garment, and makes no assumption of being their lord; - it may be named in the smallest things. | |
| 《商君书·境内》: | 其役事也，随而养之。 |
| In times of military service, they follow their great officers and are fed by them. | |
| 《孙子兵法·作战》: | 故车战，得车十乘以上，赏其先得者，而更其旌旗，车杂而乘之，卒善而养之，是谓胜敌而益强。 |
| Therefore in chariot fighting, when ten or more chariots have been taken, those should be rewarded who took the first. Our own flags should be substituted for those of the enemy, and the chariots mingled and used in conjunction with ours. The captured soldiers should be kindly treated and kept. This is called, using the conquered foe to augment one's own strength. | |
| 《史记·五帝本纪》: | 养材以任地，载时以象天，依鬼神以制义，治气以教化，洁诚以祭祀。 |
| He exercised his talents in cultivating the ground; he recorded in their seasons the movements of the heavenly bodies, relied on spiritual influences in framing laws, taught reform by controlling the passion nature, and sacrificed with purity and sincerity. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 八十者一子不事，九十者举家不事，废疾非人不养者，一人不事，父母之丧，三年不事，齐衰大功，三月不事，从诸侯来，与新有昏，期不事。 |
| 《说苑·修文》: | 善者必先乎鳏寡孤独，及病不能相养，死无以葬埋，则葬埋之。 |
| 《春秋繁露·玉杯》: | 人受命于天，有善善恶恶之性，可养而不可改，可豫而不可去，若形体之可肥，而不可得革也。 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷一》: | 君子有辩善之度，以治气养性，则身后彭祖。 |
| 《大戴礼记·主言》: | 使之哀鳏寡，养孤独，恤贫穷，诱孝悌，选贤举能。 |
| 《白虎通德论·爵》: | 《王制》曰：“葬从死者，祭从生者，所以追孝继养也。” |
| 《新书·道德说》: | 德生物，又养物，则物安利矣。 |
| 《新序·善谋下》: | 张耳、陈馀患之，有厮养卒谢其舍中人曰：“吾为公说燕，与赵王载归。” |
| 《中论·爵禄》: | 古之制爵禄也，爵以居有德，禄以养有功。 |
| 《孔子家语·相鲁》: | 制为养生送死之节。 |
| 《潜夫论·务本》: | 孝悌者，以致养为本，以华观为末。 |
| 《太玄经·文》: | 测曰，“雉之不禄”、难幽养也。 |
| 《风俗通义·东方朔》: | 于是朔诣阙自陈：“十二失父，长养兄嫂。” |
| 《孔丛子·嘉言》: | 通乎此事，然后乃能上以孝于舅姑，下以事夫养子也。 |
| 《申鉴·政体》: | 兴农桑以养其生，审好恶以正其俗，宣文教以章其化，立武备以秉其威，明赏罚以统其法。 |
| 《忠经·兆人章》: | 顺化供养，勤劳奉国，是则为忠。 |
| 《素书·安礼章》: | 爱人深者求贤急，乐得贤者养人厚。 |
| 《新语·道基》: | 传曰：“天生万物，以地养之，圣人成之。” |
| 《独断·卷上》: | 户春为少阳，其气始出生养，祀之于户。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·独断》: | 《酌》、一章九句，告成大武，言能酌先祖之道以养天下之所歌也。 |
| 《墨子·大取》: | 藉藏也死而天下害，吾持养臧也万倍，吾爱臧也不加厚。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 此过养乎？ |
| 《鶡冠子·近迭》: | 主知不明，以贵为道，以意为法，牵时诳世，逜下蔽上，使事两乖，养非长失，以静为扰，以安为危，百姓家困，人怨祸孰大焉。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 以恬养智，以漠合神，即乎无垠，循天者与道游也，随人者与俗交也。 |
| 《文始真经·四符》: | 吸气以养精，如金生水。 |
| 《列仙传·容成公》: | 取精于玄牝，其要谷神不死，守生养气者也。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 常道当以无为养神，无事安民，含光藏晖，灭迹匿端，不可称道。 |
| 《韩非子·存韩》: | 夫赵氏聚士卒，养从徒，欲赘天下之兵，明秦不弱，则诸侯必灭宗庙，欲西面行其意，非一日之计也。 |
| 《慎子·威德》: | 百姓之于圣人也，养之也，非使圣人养己也，则圣人无事矣。 |
| 《管子·轻重丁》: | 桓公曰：“天子之养不足，号令赋于天下，则不信诸侯，为此有道乎？” |
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