surname Mu
to herd / to breed livestock / to govern (old) / government official (old)

= + : Malte Monkey (mu) is herding (牧) a bull (牛) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) by rapping and tapping (攵) him with a sledgehammer (攵).

牧 character breakdown

variant of 攴[pu1]

= 𠂉 + : Mnemonic symbol: the epitome of rapping and tapping is a sledge hammer. Petra pinguin (pu) forgot her key (𠂉) and know she's locked out of the space station (Ø1). At first she tries to open the lock with pliers (乂), but in the end she has no choice but to use the sledge hammer (攵).
surname Niu
ox / cow / bull / CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2] / newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]) / (slang) awesome

= 𠂉 + : A bull has been locked to a big cross in the outhouse's kitchen, and Nefertiti has the key. She promises to free the bull if he pledges allegiance to her leadership.

Characters with 牧 as component

牧 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 牧

to graze (livestock) / to herd (livestock)
shepherd dog
pasture / grazing land
raising livestock / animal husbandry
to return from pasture
minister of the imperial stud, originally charged with horse breeding
Minister of imperial stud, originally charged with horse breeding / same as 太僕寺卿|太仆寺卿[Tai4 pu2 si4 qing1]
Wu Zimu (lived c. 1270), writer at the end of the Song dynasty
German shepherd
Du Mu (803-852) Tang dynasty poet

Sentences with 牧

牧 currently does not appear in any sentence.