Kanji N2

畜: livestock, domestic fowl and animals

畜 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning livestock, domestic fowl and animals, written with 10 strokes. It is read チク (on), and has no common kun reading. It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 牧畜 (ぼくちく, stock-farming) and 家畜 (かちく, domestic animals).

畜

Meanings

  • livestock
  • domestic fowl and animals
Strokes10
JLPT levelN2
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1824 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • チク

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • None in common use

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 畜

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 牧畜ぼくちく

    stock-farming; livestock farming

    JLPT N2
  • 家畜かちく

    domestic animals; livestock; cattle

    JLPT N1
  • 畜産ちくさん

    animal husbandry; livestock industry

    JLPT N1
  • 畜生ちくしょう

    damn it; damn; son of a bitch; for Christ's sake

    JLPT N1
  • 人畜じんちく

    men and animals

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