畜 chù livestock
livestock; domestic animals; to raise
How it came to be
象形 · Pictogram
A drawing of the thing it means.
The oldest form shows a cord above a shape like a field, and the word came to mean livestock.
用法
- Domestic animal/livestock: 牲畜 (shēngchù) livestock, 家畜 (jiāchù) domestic animals, 畜生 (chùsheng) a beast (also a curse: 'you animal').
- Read xù it's the verb 'to raise animals': 畜牧 (xùmù) animal husbandry, 畜养 (xùyǎng) to rear.