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羊

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
 
Stroke order
 

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 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

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
       
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 1 edit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jaŋ (“sheep; yak”). Cognate with Tibetan གཡག (g.yag, “yak”), Lepcha ᰚᰩᰭ (yók, “yak”), Tangut 𗇼 (*gjwã², “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
    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
    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, etc.) (Classifier: 隻／只 m c)
    2. (slang, neologism, humorous) Alternative form of 陽／阳 (yáng, “positive result (in a medical test)”)
    3. † Alternative form of 祥 (xiáng, “auspicious”)
    4. † Alternative form of 徉 (yáng)
    5. a surname: Yang
    Synonyms edit
    • (sheep, goat):
    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
    Yantai (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

    Descendants edit

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

    Others:

    See also edit

    References edit

    Etymology 2 edit

    Orthographic borrowing from translingual ¥. Perhaps influenced by 大洋 (dàyáng).

    Pronunciation edit

    Definitions edit

    羊

    1. (slang) Japanese yen
    2. (slang) Chinese yuan

    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

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

    ⟨pi1tuzi⟩ → */pʲituzi/ → /ɸituzi/ → /çitsudʑi/

    From Old Japanese.[1] Further derivation unknown.

    Pronunciation edit

     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

    From Middle Chinese 羊 (MC yang).

    Pronunciation edit

    Affix edit

    羊(よう) • (yō) 

    1. a sheep (animal)

    References edit

    1. ^ Omodaka, Hisataka (1967) 時代別国語大辞典 上代編 [The dictionary of historical Japanese: Old Japanese] (in Japanese), →ISBN, page 614
    2. ^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
    3. ^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    4. ^ 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 yang). 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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