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.
3. Example Words
教育
きょういく
education
良い教育を受ける。
Receive a good education.
育つ
そだつ
to grow up
子供がよく育つ。
Children grow well.
育む
はぐくむ
to nurture, to bring up, to foster
自然の中で子供を育む。
Children are nurtured in nature.
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