羊

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羊 U+7F8A, 羊
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7F8A
← 羉
[U+7F89] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 羋 →
[U+7F8B]
⽺ U+2F7A, ⽺
KANGXI RADICAL SHEEP
← ⽹
[U+2F79] 		Kangxi Radicals ⽻ →
[U+2F7B]
⺶ U+2EB6, ⺶
CJK RADICAL SHEEP
← ⺵
[U+2EB5] 		CJK Radicals Supplement ⺷ →
[U+2EB7]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
6 strokes
Stroke order
羊-order.gif

Han character[edit]

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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[edit]

References[edit]

  • KangXi: 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[edit]

simp. and trad.
 羊

Glyph origin[edit]

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
羊-oracle.svg 羊-bronze.svg 羊-seal.svg 羊-bigseal.svg
Characters in the same phonetic series (羊) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
样 *ʔslaːŋ, *laŋ
佯 *zlaŋ, *laŋ
詳 *ljaŋ, *laŋ
洋 *ljaŋ, *laŋ
翔 *ljaŋ
庠 *ljaŋ
祥 *ljaŋ
痒 *ljaŋ, *laŋʔ
姜 *klaŋ
羌 *kʰlaŋ
蜣 *kʰlaŋ
猐 *kʰlaŋ
唴 *kʰlaŋs
羊 *laŋ
徉 *laŋ
烊 *laŋ
蛘 *laŋ, *laŋʔ
眻 *laŋ, *laŋs
鴹 *laŋ
恙 *laŋs
羕 *laŋs
樣 *laŋs
漾 *laŋs

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

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • iûⁿ/iôⁿ/iâuⁿ - vernacular;
  • iông - literary.
Note:
  • iên5 - vernacular (Chaozhou, Chenghai, Bangkok, Chiang Mai);
  • ion5 - vernacular (Shantou, Chaoyang, Jieyang, Raoping, Pontianak, Hat Yai);
  • iang5 - literary.
  • Wu
  • Xiang
    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location 羊
    Mandarin Beijing /iɑŋ³⁵/
    Harbin /iaŋ²⁴/
    Tianjin /iɑŋ⁴⁵/
    Jinan /iaŋ⁴²/
    Qingdao /iaŋ⁴²/
    Zhengzhou /iaŋ⁴²/
    Xi'an /iaŋ²⁴/
    Xining /iɔ̃²⁴/
    Yinchuan /iɑŋ⁵³/
    Lanzhou /iɑ̃⁵³/
    Ürümqi /iɑŋ⁵¹/
    Wuhan /iaŋ²¹³/
    Chengdu /iaŋ³¹/
    Guiyang /iaŋ²¹/
    Kunming /iã̠¹/
    Nanjing /iaŋ²⁴/
    Hefei /iɑ̃⁵⁵/
    Jin Taiyuan /iɒ̃¹¹/
    Pingyao /iɑŋ¹³/
    /yə¹³/ ～子
    Hohhot /iɑ̃³¹/
    Wu Shanghai /ɦiã²³/
    Suzhou /ɦiã¹³/
    Hangzhou /ɦiɑŋ²¹³/
    Wenzhou /ji³¹/
    Hui Shexian /ia⁴⁴/
    Tunxi /iau⁴⁴/
    Xiang Changsha /ian¹³/
    Xiangtan /ian¹²/
    Gan Nanchang /iɔŋ⁴⁵/
    Hakka Meixian /ioŋ¹¹/
    Taoyuan /ʒoŋ¹¹/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /jœŋ²¹/
    Nanning /jœŋ²¹/
    Hong Kong /jœŋ²¹/
    Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /iɔŋ³⁵/
    /iũ³⁵/
    Fuzhou (Min Dong) /yoŋ⁵³/
    Jian'ou (Min Bei) /iɔŋ³³/
    Shantou (Min Nan) /iõ⁵⁵/
    Haikou (Min Nan) /iaŋ³¹/
    /io³¹/
    Rime
    Character 羊
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 以 (36)
    Final (韻) 陽 (105)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 與章切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/jɨɐŋ/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/jiɐŋ/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/iɑŋ/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/jɨaŋ/
    Li
    Rong         		/iaŋ/
    Wang
    Li         		/jĭaŋ/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/i̯aŋ/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		yáng
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		joeng4
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 羊
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		yáng
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ yang ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ɢaŋ/
    English sheep

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 羊
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 14535
    Phonetic
    component         		羊
    Rime
    group         		陽
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		陽
    Old
    Chinese         		/*laŋ/

    Definitions[edit]

    羊

    1. caprid, e.g. sheep, goat, antelope (Classifier: 隻／只 m c)
    2. † Alternative form of 祥 (xiáng, “auspicious”).
    3. † Alternative form of 徉 (yáng).
    4. a surname.

    Synonyms[edit]

    Dialectal synonyms of 羊 (“goat; sheep”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Classical Chinese 羊
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 羊
    Mandarin Beijing 羊
    Taiwan 羊
    Tianjin 羊
    Tangshan 羊
    Cangzhou 羊
    Baoding 羊
    Shijiazhuang 羊
    Chifeng 羊
    Hulunbuir (Hailar) 羊
    Harbin 羊
    Shenyang 羊
    Muping 羊
    Qingdao 羊
    Jinan 羊
    Luoyang 羊
    Wanrong 羊
    Zhengzhou 羊
    Xi'an 羊
    Yinchuan 羊
    Lanzhou 羊
    Xining 羊
    Ürümqi 羊
    Wuhan 羊, 羊子
    Chengdu 羊, 羊子
    Chongqing 羊
    Guiyang 羊, 羊子
    Kunming 羊
    Guilin 羊
    Liuzhou 羊, 羊咩
    Xuzhou 羊
    Yangzhou 羊
    Nanjing 羊
    Hefei 羊
    Nantong 羊
    Singapore 羊
    Cantonese Guangzhou 羊, 羊咩
    Hong Kong 羊, 羊咩, 羊咩咩 childish
    Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 羊
    Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 羊
    Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 羊
    Dongguan 羊
    Yangjiang 羊, 羊咩
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 羊, 羊咩
    Singapore (Guangfu) 羊
    Gan Nanchang 羊
    Pingxiang 羊
    Hakka Meixian 羊仔
    Dabu (Xihe) 羊
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 羊仔
    Pingtung (Neipu, S. Sixian) 羊仔
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong, Hailu) 羊仔
    Taichung (Dongshi, Dabu) 羊
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin, Raoping) 羊仔
    Yunlin (Lunbei, Zhao'an) 羊
    Hong Kong 羊
    Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) 羊
    Senai (Huiyang) 羊
    Huizhou Jixi 羊
    Shexian 羊
    Jin Taiyuan 羊, 羊兒
    Xinzhou 羊
    Linhe 羊
    Jining 羊
    Hohhot 羊
    Baotou 羊
    Zhangjiakou 羊
    Handan 羊
    Min Bei Jian'ou 羊
    Min Dong Fuzhou 羊
    Min Nan Xiamen 羊, 羊咩咩 childish
    Quanzhou 羊, 羊咩咩 childish
    Zhangzhou 羊咩咩 childish
    Zhao'an 羊仔
    Kaohsiung 羊
    Yilan 羊仔
    Changhua (Lukang) 羊
    Taichung 羊仔
    Taichung (Wuqi) 羊
    Tainan 羊
    Taitung 羊
    Hsinchu 羊
    Penghu (Magong) 羊
    Penang (Hokkien) 羊
    Singapore (Hokkien) 羊
    Chaozhou 羊
    Shantou 羊
    Shantou (Chenghai) 羊
    Jieyang 羊
    Bangkok (Teochew) 羊
    Chiang Mai (Teochew) 羊
    Hat Yai (Teochew) 羊
    Johor Bahru (Teochew) 羊
    Singapore (Teochew) 羊
    Pontianak (Teochew) 羊
    Haikou 羊, 羊咩
    Singapore (Hainanese) 羊
    Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 羊, 羊咩咩 childish
    Shehua Fu'an 羊
    Fuding 羊
    Luoyuan 羊
    Sanming 羊
    Shunchang 羊
    Hua'an 羊
    Guixi (Zhangping) 羊
    Cangnan 羊
    Jingning 羊
    Lishui 羊
    Longyou 羊
    Chaozhou 羊
    Fengshun 羊
    Waxiang Guzhang (Gaofeng) 羊
    Wu Shanghai 羊
    Suzhou 羊, 羊媽媽
    Danyang 羊子
    Hangzhou 羊
    Wenzhou 羊兒
    Xiang Changsha 羊
    Shuangfeng 羊

    Compounds[edit]

    Derived terms from 羊

    Descendants[edit]

    Sino-Xenic (羊):
    • → Japanese: 羊(よう) (yō)
    • → Korean: 양 (羊, yang)
    • → Vietnamese: dương (羊)

    Others:

    See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji in this term
    羊
    ひつじ
    Grade: 3
    kun’yomi

    Kanji[edit]

    羊

    (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    1. sheep

    Readings[edit]

    Etymology 1[edit]

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Kanji in this term
    羊
    ひつじ
    Grade: 3
    kun’yomi
    Wikipedia-logo.png
     ヒツジ on Japanese Wikipedia

    Noun[edit]

    羊(ひつじ) • (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[edit]

    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[edit]

    Etymology 2[edit]

    Kanji in this term
    羊
    よう
    Grade: 3
    on’yomi

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Affix[edit]

    羊(よう) • (yō) 

    1. a sheep (animal)

    References[edit]

    1. ^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
    2. ^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    3. ^ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

    Korean[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

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

    Hanja[edit]

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    羊 (eumhun 양 양 (yang yang))

    1. Hanja form? of 양 (“sheep”).

    Compounds[edit]

    Compounds

    References[edit]

    • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    羊: Hán Nôm readings: dương

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