| 公 | gōng chù | stud / male animal kept to breed offspring | 
| 公 | gōng | public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) | 
| 畜 | chù | livestock / domesticated animal / domestic animal | 
| 畜 | xù | to raise (animals) |