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育 yù nurture

nurture; to educate; to give birth

How to remember 育: 亠 lid + 厶 cocoon + ⺝ moon = nurture. The sleepy dad lifts the lid of the basket, finds the baby wrapped like a cocoon under the moon and learns night by night to nurture her.

  • 609. most frequent character
  • HSK 3
  • 8 strokes
  • Radical 肉

Component breakdown

育 = 亠 lid + 厶 cocoon + ⺝ moon

  • 亠 lid
  • 厶 cocoon
  • ⺝ moon
The Gushi story

The sleepy dad lifts the lid of the basket, finds the baby wrapped like a cocoon under the moon and learns night by night to nurture her.

How it came to be

A child drawn upside down over meat, a baby arriving head first. Below it is the body it came out of. Birth and raising are in the same picture.

How it is used

  • Two threads: "to give birth/rear" and "to educate." 教育 (jiàoyù) education, 培育 (péiyù) to cultivate, 养育 (yǎngyù) to raise (a child).
  • 体育 (tǐyù) = physical education / sports - 体育馆 (tǐyùguǎn) gym/stadium. A very high-frequency word that hides 育.
  • 发育 (fāyù) = to develop physically (a body, an organism maturing), distinct from 发展 (fāzhǎn) which is for economies/societies.

Characters built with 育

Words with 育

Example sentences

  • 她教育孩子们。 Tā jiàoyù háizimen.She teaches children.
  • 他是体育老师。 Tā shì tǐyù lǎoshī.He's a gymnastics teacher.
  • 她从事教育职业。 Tā cóngshì jiàoyù zhíyè.She works in the field of education.