# 飼 — Domesticate

Frequency rank 1281 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 忠 (Loyalty), less common than 航 (Navigation).

- On’yomi: し
- Kun’yomi: か
- Radical: 食 Eat (Kangxi 184)
- Frequency path: Level X of XX

On the left you eat, and on the right a director watches -- someone who feeds animals while a director supervises is working to domesticate them.

In words:

- 飼う かう — to keep,to raise,to feed
- 飼育 しいく — breeding;raising;rearing

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