Kanji N3

育: bring up, grow up, raise

育 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning bring up, grow up, raise, written with 8 strokes. It is read イク (on) and そだつ, そだち, そだてる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 教育 (きょういく, education) and 体育 (たいいく, physical education).

育

Meanings

  • bring up
  • grow up
  • raise
  • rear
Strokes8
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#369 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • イク

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

Kun reading
  • そだつ
  • そだち
  • そだてる
  • はぐくむ

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

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 8. Start at the dot.

Common words with 育

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

  • 教育きょういく

    education; schooling; training; instruction

    JLPT N4
  • 体育たいいく

    physical education; PE; gym (class)

    JLPT N3
  • 育つそだつ

    to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up

    JLPT N3
  • 育てるそだてる

    to raise; to rear; to bring up

    JLPT N4
  • 育成いくせい

    rearing; training; nurture; cultivation

    JLPT N1
  • 育児いくじ

    childcare; child-rearing; nursing; upbringing

    JLPT N2
  • 育ちそだち

    growth; breeding

    JLPT N1
  • 保育ほいく

    nurturing; rearing; childcare; day care

    JLPT N1

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.