251.育

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育

1. Meaning and Reading

  • raise, nurture, grow
  • Onyomi : いく
  • Kunyomi : そだつ, はぐくむ

2. Kanji Explanation

  • 月 : body
  • 子 : fetus, written upside down

A fetus (子) growing inside the mother's body (月) — symbolizing ‘to raise’. The fetus is positioned upside down in the womb, so 子 is written inverted.

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3. Example Words

教育 きょういく
education

Receive a good education.

育つ そだつ
to grow up

Children grow well.

育む はぐくむ
to nurture, to bring up, to foster

Children are nurtured in nature.