# 畜 — livestock

畜 means “livestock”. It is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 10 strokes. On'yomi: チク (chiku). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: livestock
- On'yomi: チク (chiku)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 10
- Level: JLPT N2 · set A bit of everything 2

## How to remember 畜

Parts: 玄 mysterious · 田 rice field

## Don't confuse it with

[蓄](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/amass/) · [弦](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/bowstring/) · [舷](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/side-of-a-ship/) · [率](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/rate/)

## More in the “A bit of everything 2” set

[紅](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/crimson/) · [鉱](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/ore/) · [銅](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/copper/) · [召](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/summon/) · [畜](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/livestock/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/livestock/. Last updated 2026-11-01.