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Kanji Detail for 羊 - "sheep"

羊

  • Meaning

    羊 means "sheep." Also associated with auspicious, gentle.

    1. Sheep - A woolly domestic animal.

    2. Auspicious - Favorable; good luck.

    3. Gentle - Mild and docile.

  • Words using 羊

    • 羊毛 ようもう Listen wool

  • Four-character idioms with 羊

    • 亡羊補牢 ぼうようほろう Listen locking the barn door after the horse has bolted; doing something too late
    • 多岐亡羊 たきぼうよう Listen too many options making selection difficult; truth being hard to find as paths to it proliferate
    • 羊質虎皮 ようしつこひ Listen sheep in a tiger's skin; gimcrack; showy without real worth
    • 羊頭狗肉 ようとうくにく Listen crying wine and selling vinegar; deceptive advertisement

  • Tattoo check: 羊

    • Verified meaning: sheep
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ひつじ, よう)
    • Also carries these associations: auspicious, gentle

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 羊

    Given names 羊(よう)Listen

    Surnames 羊(ひつじ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    sheep

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    sheep, goat; Kangxi radical 123

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Yang

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    sheep, goat

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A ruminant domestic animal. There are two types: sheep and goats. Sheep have long curly wool. Ewes have no horns. Rams have a pair of small horns. Twisted and spiral-shaped. Their hides can be made into fur garments. Or their wool can be used to make felts and woolens. Goats were anciently called 吳羊. Their hair is short. Color mostly white. Horns curve backward. Their hair can also be used.

  • Onyomi

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    yoh(ヨウ) ヨウ

  • Kunyomi

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    hitsuji(ひつじ) ひつじ

  • Strokes

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    6 strokes

  • Radical

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    羊 (hitsuji・hitsujihen)

  • Related Keywords

    sheep auspicious gentle lamb calm domestic ewe favorable fleece flock grazing herd mild mutton ovine pasture peaceful ram shearing wool

Sentences including 羊

  • The boy was watching the sheep.

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