Memory phrase for the character: 牧

牧

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Meaning to herd, to breed livestock

Pronunciation

mù

Explanation

Left: cow 牛, right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)

Mnemonic
 
The cows are striked (forced) to the pasture for herding.

Radicals

牛 cowsecond earth branch
攴 rap, strikeShows originally a hand 又 with a whip 卜. It is usually simplified to 攵. Other radicals with a hand are: 又寸廾爫手扌彐右及尹君聿隶兼殳
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 Vocabulary

放牧 fàng mù  graze
畜牧 xù mù  to raise animals
畜牧 xù mù  

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