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羊 — 6 strokes ／ Radical「羊」

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8Elementary year 3 ／ 6 strokes ／ Radical「羊」
On
ヨウよう · yō
Kun
ひつじhitsuji
Meaning
sheep

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A picture of a sheep's head with curved horns, seen from above.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onヨウようyō羊毛ようもう綿羊めんよう牧羊ぼくよう
Kunひつじhitsuji羊ひつじ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 羊毛ようもう

    wool

  • 子羊こひつじ

    lamb

More words with this kanji

  • 緬羊めんよう
  • 羔羊こうよう
  • 羚羊かもしか
  • 羚羊角れいようかく
  • 羝羊ていよう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

のはらに 羊(ひつじ)が います。

There are sheep in the field.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

子羊羊毛羊子child毛hair美beauti…羌the Qi…羔a lamb羚an ant…羝a ram洋ocean陽sun葉leaf様manner幺tiny
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 羊Map of reading ヨウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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