养殖
yǎng zhí · HSK 7
to raise; to breed (animals etc)
🐟🐖 养殖 = 养 raise/nourish + 殖 breed/multiply: farm-raising livestock or fish
养 means to raise or nourish, 殖 means to breed or propagate. Together they name the act of farming animals, fish, or plants on purpose. The yǎng start sounds like yawning over a feed trough at dawn.
养 — sheep 羊 (top) + 八 over 艮-like base; simplified from 養 (食 + 羊)
The traditional form 養 combined 食 'food' with 羊 'sheep' as the phonetic, depicting the act of feeding sheep and, by extension, raising or nourishing living things. The simplified form 养 keeps 羊 on top but drops the 食 component. From 'feed' the meaning broadened to rear, support, and cultivate.