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牧

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verb #16,355

Meanings

  1. 1 to herd
  2. 2 to tend livestock
  3. 3 to shepherd

Examples

牧童骑着牛在田野里放牧。
Mùtóng qízhe niú zài tiányě lǐ fàngmù.
The shepherd boy rode an ox herding in the fields.
这片草原上牧着几百只羊。
Zhè piàn cǎoyuán shàng mùzhe jǐ bǎi zhī yáng.
Several hundred sheep are being herded on this grassland.

Tips

memory
牧 combines 牛 (cow) on the left and 攵 (hand with stick) on the right — a hand driving cattle. This image appears in many pastoral words: 牧场 (ranch), 牧师 (pastor), 牧民 (herder).

Stroke Order

牧 mù