Radical 123

羊
羊
羊 (U+7F8A) "sheep"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:	yáng
Bopomofo:	ㄧㄤˊ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:	yang
Wade–Giles:	yang2
Cantonese Yale:	yèuhng
Jyutping:	joeng4
Japanese Kana:	ヨウ yō (on'yomi); ひつじ hitsuji (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:	양 yang
Names
Chinese name(s):	(Left) 羊字旁 yángzìpáng; (Top) 羊字頭/羊字头 yángzìtóu
Japanese name(s):	羊/ひつじ hitsuji; (Left) 羊偏/ひつじへん hitsujihen
Hangul:	양 yang
Stroke order animation

Radical 123 or radical sheep (羊部) meaning "sheep" or "goat" is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 156 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

羊 is also the 143rd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with ⺶ and 𦍌 being its associated indexing component.

Evolution

Oracle bone script character
Bronze script character
Large seal script character
Small seal script character

Derived characters

Strokes	Characters
+0	羊
+1	羋
+2	羌
+3	羍美羏羐 (=羑) 羑
+4	羒羓羔羖羗 (=羌/羑) 羘羙 (=美羔)
+5	着^SC/HK (=著 -> 艸) 羕羚羛羜羝羞羟^SC (=羥)
+6	羠羡^SC (=羨) 羢 (=絨 -> 糸)
+7	羣^HK (=群) 群羥羦羧羨義羪
+8	羫
+9	羬羭羮 (=羹) 羯羰
+10	羱羲
+12	羳羴羵
+13	羶羷羸羹
+14	羺
+15	羻羼

Sinogram

The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in the third grade in Japan.^[1]

References

^ "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

Literature

Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.