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牧

mù

mù · muk6 (Jyutping)

  1. to herd
  2. to breed livestock
  3. to govern (old)
  4. government official (old)
  5. surname Mu

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

牧

Meaning
tend cattle, shepherd
Radical
牛
Strokes
8
Components
⿰牛攵
Cangjie
HQOK
Four-corner
2854.0

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