羊

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Han character

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

1. Kangxi radical #123, ⽺.

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/羊
• 佯 徉 样 洋 垟 咩 鮮 詳 𡱝
• 羔

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		羊

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

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

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jaŋ.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yáng (yang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ён (i͡on, I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yông
• Northern Min (KCR): iô̤ng
• Eastern Min (BUC): iòng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iûⁿ / iôⁿ / iâuⁿ / iông / iâng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iun⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶yan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáng
    • Wade–Giles: yang²
    • Yale: yáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yang
    • Palladius: ян (jan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (羊兒／羊儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yángr
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yángr
    • Wade–Giles: yang²-ʼrh
    • Yale: yángr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yangl
    • Palladius: янр (janr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑ̃ɻ³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ён (i͡on, I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɑŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: joeng⁴
    • Yale: yèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yông
    • Hakka Romanization System: iong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯oŋ²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yông
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯oŋ²⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: iô̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɔŋ³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: iòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yoŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Yilan, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iûⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: iûnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: viuu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iũ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Yilan, Lukang, Kinmen, Philippines): /iũ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iôⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: iônn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: viooi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔ̃¹³/
    • IPA (Tainan): /iɔ̃²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâuⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: iâunn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: viaau
    • IPA (Penang): /iãu²³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iông
    • Tâi-lô: iông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioong
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /iɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâng
    • Tâi-lô: iâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iaang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iaŋ¹³/

Note: iûⁿ/iôⁿ/iâuⁿ - vernacular, iông - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iun⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iûⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ĩũ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶yan
    • MiniDict: yan^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhian
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiã²³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 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 (Hokkien)	/iɔŋ³⁵/ /iũ³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/yoŋ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/iɔŋ³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/iõ⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/iaŋ³¹/ /io³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: yang

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
Baxter	yang
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

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ɢaŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*laŋ/

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

(deprecated template usage) 羊

1. caprid, eg. sheep, goat, antelope (Classifier: 隻／只)
2. a surname

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (羊):

• → Japanese: 羊(よう) (yō)
• → Korean: 양(羊) (yang)
• → Vietnamese: dương (羊)

References

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

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Japanese

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

Kanji

羊

(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)

Pronunciation

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

• • 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.

Derived terms

• 未(ひつじ) (hitsuji)

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Korean

Hanja

羊 (eumhun 양 양 (yang yang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 羊 (dương)

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