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畜

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livestock; domesticated animal; domestic animal

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
10
Radical
田 +5
Structure
Top–bottom 上下
Traditional
畜
Common rank
#2,141
Unicode
U+755C

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Formation & memory

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How 畜 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

田 meaning “farm” + 玄 sound ( xuán )

Components 玄 田

How to remember it

livestock · Heisig RSH #2413

玄 mysterious + 田 rice field

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 畜

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
人畜共患症 rén chù gòng huàn zhèng zoonosis
畜产品 xù chǎn pǐn domesticated animal products
种公畜 zhǒng gōng chù stud; male breeding stock (of animal species)
畜生 chù sheng domestic animal; brute; bastard
家畜 jiā chù domestic animal; livestock; cattle
公畜 gōng chù stud; male animal kept to breed offspring
力畜 lì chù draft animal; beast of burden
畜力 chù lì animal power; animal-drawn (plow etc)
畜牧业 xù mù yè animal husbandry; stock raising; livestock raising
社畜 shè chù (coll.) corporate drone (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 社畜 "shachiku")
种畜 zhǒng chù breeding stock (of animal species); stud
畜类 chù lèi domestic animal
六畜 liù chù six domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog
畜肥 chù féi animal manure
牧畜 mù xù raising livestock; animal husbandry
畜牧 xù mù to raise animals
仔畜 zǐ chù newborn animal
畜栏 chù lán pen for livestock
役畜 yì chù draft animal; beast of burden
耕畜 gēng chù draft animal

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 玄 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
玄 sound part xuán deep, profound, abstruse
弦 xián bow string; string instrument; hypotenuse
眩 xuàn to confuse; dazed, disoriented
炫 xuàn to glitter, to shine; to show off, to flaunt
舷 xián bulwarks, gunwhale
铉 xuàn a device for carrying a tripod
泫 xuàn to weep, to cry; to shine, to glisten