育む

Japanese

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

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

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ぐく [hàgúkúꜜmù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠ɡɯ̟kɯ̟mɯ̟]

Verb

(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

References

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