饲

飤
sì
#1,968 most
frequent character
old variant of 飼|饲[si4]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

饲 sì has 饣 food or eating as the meaning part and 司 sī for sound. It first meant to feed. From there it grew to mean to raise or rear animals.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

饲sì
to raise, to rear, to feed

Homophones

HSK 1
四sì
four, 4
寺sì
temple
似sì
to seem, to appear, to resemble
饲sì
to raise, to rear, to feed
食sì
to feed (a person or animal)

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