畜

chù

noun #6,961

Meanings

Nóngchǎng lǐ yǎng le hěn duō jiāchù.

The farm raises a lot of livestock.

Liùchù xīngwàng.

May the six livestock thrive. (traditional blessing)

usage

畜 has two pronunciations: chù (noun, livestock) and xù (verb, to raise animals, as in 畜牧 xùmù 'animal husbandry'). The noun form is far more common.

culture

六畜 (liùchù) refers to the six traditional domestic animals: horse, cow, sheep, pig, dog, and chicken.

畜 chù