抚养

Traditional form:

撫養

Pinyin (reading):

fǔyǎng

Definitions:

• to foster
• to bring up
• to raise

Characters:

• 抚 - to pat, to console; to stroke, to caress
• 养 - to raise, to rear, to bring up; to support

Traditional characters:

• 撫 - to pat, to console; to stroke, to caress
• 養 - to raise, to rear, to bring up; to support