Chinese Character Wiki
羊

yáng

sheep

Pictograph of the head of a sheep with horns.

Evolution

羊 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
羊 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
羊 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
羊 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
羊 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

羊  

yáng

sheep, goat; KangXi radical 123; sheep; goat; CL:頭|头[tóu],隻|只[zhī]

羊  

Yáng

surname Yang

Most common words with 羊
Freq.
Word
Meaning

羊

sheep

白羊座

Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac)

山羊

goat

羊肉

mutton

羊毛

fleece

Component uses

Meaning component in 11 characters (5 verified)

义 義 群 善 羍 姜 羚 咩 羯 羴 羝

Sound component in 22 characters (9 verified)

样 养 養 洋 詳 详 祥 羌 羕 氧 翔 痒 佯 恙 庠 烊 羟 羥 蛘 徉 羰 鯗

Iconic component in 7 characters (7 verified)

美 羞 羡 羨 羌 羔 茍

Remnant component in 1 character (1 verified)

茍

Simplified component in 2 characters (2 verified)

样 义

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ɢaŋ

yang

yáng

sheep


Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 17.5717% of movies

1429th most common character in movies

1337th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+7F8A

Shuowen

“羊，祥也。从，象頭角足尾之形。孔子曰：牛羊之字，以形舉也。”


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