Kanji N1

牧: breed, care for, shepherd

牧 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning breed, care for, shepherd, written with 8 strokes. It is read ボク (on) and まき (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 牧場 (ぼくじょう, farm) and 牧師 (ぼくし, pastor).

牧

Meanings

  • breed
  • care for
  • shepherd
  • feed
  • pasture
Strokes8
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#1360 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ボク

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

Kun reading
  • まき

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 牧

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

  • 牧場ぼくじょう

    farm (livestock); stock farm; ranch; station

    JLPT N2
  • 牧師ぼくし

    pastor; minister; clergyman; reverend

    JLPT N1
  • 遊牧ゆうぼく

    nomadism

    JLPT N1
  • 牧畜ぼくちく

    stock-farming; livestock farming

    JLPT N2
  • 牧野ぼくや

    pasture land; ranch

  • 牧草ぼくそう

    pasture; grass

  • 放牧ほうぼく

    pasturage; grazing

  • 牧舎ぼくしゃ

    barn; stable

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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.