U+7F8A, 羊
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7F8A

[U+7F89]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+7F8B]
U+2F7A, ⽺
KANGXI RADICAL SHEEP

[U+2F79]
Kangxi Radicals
[U+2F7B]
U+2EB6, ⺶
CJK RADICAL SHEEP

[U+2EB5]
CJK Radicals Supplement
[U+2EB7]

Translingual

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Stroke order
 
Stroke order
 

Han character

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

  1. Kangxi radical #123, .

Derived characters

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References

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  • 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

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simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
       

Pictogram (象形) – picture of a ram's head. See also the original version of .

Etymology 1

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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

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Note:
  • ieo2/iuⁿ2 - vernacular;
  • yong2/yeng2 - literary.
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.
    • (Leizhou)
      • Leizhou Pinyin: io5 / yiang5
      • Sinological IPA: /iɔ²²/, /ziaŋ²²/
Note:
  • io5 - vernacular;
  • yiang5 - literary.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
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/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (36)
Final () (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter yang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/jɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/jiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/iɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/jɨaŋ/
Li
Rong
/iaŋ/
Wang
Li
/jĭaŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/i̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yáng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
joeng4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
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
Reading # 1/1
No. 14535
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*laŋ/

Definitions

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  1. caprid (e.g. sheep, goat, antelope, etc.) (Classifier: m c)
  2. (slang, neologism, humorous) Alternative form of (yáng, positive result (in a medical test))
  3. Alternative form of (xiáng, auspicious)
  4. Alternative form of (yáng)
  5. a surname: Yang
Synonyms
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  • (sheep, goat):

Compounds

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Descendants

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

Others:

See also

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References

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Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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

References

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  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 277.

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ひつじ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Kanji

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(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. sheep

Readings

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  • Go-on: よう (, Jōyō)じょう ()
  • Kan-on: よう (, Jōyō)しょう (shō)
  • Kun: ひつじ (hitsuji, , Jōyō)

Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
ひつじ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

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

From Old Japanese.[1] Further derivation unknown. Theories include:

  • From (hi, sun) +‎ (tsuji, crossroads), as the sun begins to set around the hour of the Sheep according to traditional Chinese timekeeping.
  • Alteration from (hige, facial hair) +‎ (tsu, Old Japanese possessive particle) +‎ (ushi, cattle).
  • Alteration from (hito, person) +‎ (ushi, cattle), literally “people’s cattle”.
  • Alteration from 養す (hitasu, to raise (cattle)) +‎ (shishi, a beast used for its meat) or 養し (hitashi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of 養す) +‎ (ushi, cattle). If true, would parallel the supposed development of やぎ (yagi) from 野牛 (yagyū, wild cattle), referring to the relative ease of domestication of sheep.[2]

Pronunciation

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 ヒツジ on Japanese Wikipedia

Noun

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(ひつじ) or (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(なが)ひつじ。しっぽを使(つか)(さい)(みん)(じゅつ)をかけ、(すい)()(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.
    Synonym: 綿羊 (menyō)
Usage notes
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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
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
よう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese (MC yang).

Pronunciation

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Affix

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(よう) (

  1. a sheep (animal)

References

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  1. ^ Omodaka, Hisataka (1967) 時代別国語大辞典 上代編 [The dictionary of historical Japanese: Old Japanese] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN, page 614
  2. ^ 語源由来辞典 Gogen Yurai Jiten
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese (MC yang). Recorded as Middle Korean 야ᇰ (yang) (Yale: yang) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun (yang yang))

  1. hanja form? of (sheep)

Compounds

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References

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  • 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

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: dương

  1. chữ Hán form of dương (goat, sheep).

Compounds

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