牧 mù shepherd
怎么记住“牧”: 牜 cow + 攵 tap = shepherd. Up in the mountains, a boy walks behind the cow and gives her a gentle tap with his stick, a young shepherd bringing the herd home.
部件结构
会意 · Meaning + meaning
Two or more parts whose meanings together make the new meaning.
牧 = 牜 cow + 攵 tap
- 牜 cow meaning
- 攵 tap meaning
Up in the mountains, a boy walks behind the cow and gives her a gentle tap with his stick, a young shepherd bringing the herd home.
How it came to be
The oldest form shows a hand with a whip beside a cow: to herd cattle.
用法
- To herd/graze livestock: 放牧 (fàngmù) to graze, 牧场 (mùchǎng) pasture/ranch, 牧民 (mùmín) herders, 游牧 (yóumù) nomadic.
- 畜牧业 (xùmùyè) is animal husbandry. Also 牧师 (mùshī) a (Christian) pastor: a shepherd of souls.