育む

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
はぐく
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
哺む
嬭む (rare)
妳む (rare)
奶む (rare)

Etymology

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Possibly from () (ha, wing) + (くく) (kukumu, to contain).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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(はぐく) or (はごく) (hagukumu or hagokumutransitive godan (stem (はぐく) (hagukumi), past (はぐく)んだ (hagukunda))

  1. raise, bring up, rear

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN