羊

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Radical 123 羊

羊 (Kangxi radical 123, 羊+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 廿手 (TQ), four-corner 8050₁, composition ⿱䒑𰀁)

1. Kangxi radical #123, ⽺.

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/羊
• 佯, 𭂎, 咩, 垟, 𫰧, 㟄, 𰑘, 𢏙, 徉, 𪭰, 洋, 𨒫, 𪯷, 样, 烊, 牂, 珜, 祥, 眻, 𥒞, 𮃁, 𬡘, 絴, 𫅧, 蛘, 觧, 詳(详), 𨀘, 𨋽, 𨦡, 𩊑, 䬺, 𩣆, 𫙊, 鮮(鲜), 𪢟
• 劷, 𨛁, 䍩, 𢼝, 𣁵, 𭭋, 翔, 鴹, 𠲘, 善, 𩰱, 𧒃, 着, 𫳅, 𦭵, 𭽗, 𬒌, 𥥵, 𥬴, 𪔙, 𫨇, 庠, 𡱝, 痒, 氧, 𠙌, 𪢪, 譱

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 950, character 38
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28425
• Dae Jaweon: page 1393, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3125, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7F8A

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 羊
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) – picture of a ram's head.

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jaŋ (“sheep; yak”). Cognate with Tibetan གཡག (g.yag, “yak”), Lepcha ᰚᰩᰭ (yók, “yak”), Tangut 𗇼 (*gjwã², “goat”), Northern Tujia zo³⁵ (“goat; sheep”).

Pronunciation

Definitions

羊

1. caprid (e.g. sheep, goat, antelope, etc.) (Classifier: 隻／只 m c)
2. (slang, neologism, humorous) Alternative form of 陽／阳 (yáng, “positive result (in a medical test)”)
3. ^† Alternative form of 祥 (xiáng, “auspicious”)
4. ^† Alternative form of 徉 (yáng)
5. a surname: Yang

Synonyms

• (sheep, goat):

Compounds

Descendants

Others:

• Wutunhua: yang

See also

• (Chinese zodiac signs) 鼠 (shǔ), 牛 (niú), 虎 (hǔ), 兔 (tù), 龍／龙 (lóng), 蛇 (shé), 馬／马 (mǎ), 羊 (yáng), 猴 (hóu), 雞／鸡 (jī), 狗 (gǒu), 豬／猪 (zhū) ^{(Category: zh:Chinese zodiac signs)}

References

• “Entry #2600”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from translingual ¥. Perhaps influenced by 大洋 (dàyáng).

Pronunciation

Definitions

羊

1. (slang) Japanese yen
2. (slang) Chinese yuan

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. sheep

Readings

• Go-on: よう (yō, Jōyō); じょう (jō)
• Kan-on: よう (yō, Jōyō); しょう (shō)
• Kun: ひつじ (hitsuji, 羊, Jōyō)

Etymology 1

⟨pi₁tuzi⟩ → */pʲituzi/ → /ɸituzi/ → /çitsudʑi/

From Old Japanese. Further derivation unknown.

Pronunciation

 ヒツジ on Japanese Wikipedia

• (Tokyo) ひつじ (Heiban – )
• IPA^(key):

• • Homophone: 未

Noun

羊(ひつじ) or 羊(ヒツジ) • (hitsuji) 

1. a sheep (animal)
   • 1999 March 6, “スリーピィ [Sleepie]”, in Starter Box(スターターボックス), Konami:

     しっぽの長(なが)いひつじ。しっぽを使(つか)い催(さい)眠(みん)術(じゅつ)をかけ、睡(すい)魔(ま)を誘(さそ)う。

     Shippo no nagai hitsuji. Shippo o tsukai saiminjutsu o kake, suima o sasou.

     A sheep that will mesmerize you to sleep with its long tail.

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ヒツジ.

Derived terms

• 未(ひつじ) (hitsuji)

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 羊 (MC yang).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Affix

羊(よう) • (yō) 

1. a sheep (animal)

References

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 羊 (MC yang). Recorded as Middle Korean 야ᇰ (yang) (Yale: yang) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

羊

Wikisource

羊 (eumhun 양 양 (yang yang))

1. Hanja form^? of 양 (“sheep”).

Compounds

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

羊: Hán Nôm readings: dương

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