羊
sheep; goat; CL:頭|头[tou2],隻|只[zhi1]
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #678 U+7F8A
How 羊 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
A sheep's head with horns
components: 丷
? unknown part
How to remember it
sheep · Heisig RSH #528
horns — as a component also called: sheep
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 羊 as their sound component
These characters all use 羊 (yáng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 羊 sound component | yáng | sheep, goat |
| 洋 | yáng | sea, ocean; western, foreign |
| 养 | yǎng | to raise, to rear, to bring up; to support |
| 样 | yàng | form, pattern, shape, style |
| 氧 | yǎng | oxygen |
| 鲜 | xiān | fresh; delicious; attractive |
| 祥 | xiáng | happiness, good fortune; auspicious |
| 痒 | yǎng | to itch; to tickle |
| 详 | xiáng | complete, detailed, thorough |
| 翔 | xiáng | to soar, to hover, to glide |
| 羌 | qiāng | Qiang nationality; surname |
| 恙 | yàng | illness, sickness; indisposition |
| 羟 | qiǎng | hydroxide |
| 佯 | yáng | to pretend, to feign; false, deceitful |
| 徉 | yáng | to wander, to stray, to roam; to hesitate |
| 烊 | yáng | to smelt; to close for the night |
| 庠 | xiáng | village school; teach |
| 羰 | tāng | carbonyl group |
| 蛘 | yáng | rice weevil |
Words containing 羊
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 羊角面包 | yáng jiǎo miàn bāo | croissant |
| 北山羊 | běi shān yáng | ibex |
| 长角羊 | cháng jiǎo yáng | Tibetan long horned antelope |
| 羊角风 | yáng jiǎo fēng | epilepsy |
| 山羊胡子 | shān yáng hú zi | goatee |
| 公羊传 | Gōng yáng Zhuàn | Mr Gongyang's Annals or commentary on 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], early history, probably written by m… |
| 青羊区 | Qīng yáng Qū | Qingyang, a district of Chengdu City 成都市[Cheng2 du1 Shi4], Sichuan |
| 羊毛出在羊身上 | yáng máo chū zài yáng shēn shàng | lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom); One gets the benefit, but the price has bee… |
| 山羊 | shān yáng | goat; (gymnastics) small-sized vaulting horse |
| 羊水 | yáng shuǐ | amniotic fluid |
| 羊头 | yáng tóu | sheep's head; fig. advertisement for good meat |
| 头羊 | tóu yáng | bellwether |
| 羊毛线 | yáng máo xiàn | knitting wool; wool yarn |
| 小羊 | xiǎo yáng | lamb |
| 山羊座 | Shān yáng zuò | (Tw, HK) see 摩羯座[Mo2 jie2 zuo4] |
| 羊角包 | yáng jiǎo bāo | croissant |
| 白羊朝 | Bái yáng cháo | Ak Koyunlu or Aq Qoyunlu Turkoman confederation of eastern Iran (c. 1378-c. 1500) |
| 羊入虎口 | yáng rù hǔ kǒu | lit. a lamb in a tiger's den (idiom); fig. to tread dangerous ground |
| 白羊 | Bái yáng | Aries (star sign) |
| 白羊座 | Bái yáng zuò | Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac) |