Radical 123

羊
Radical 123 (U+2F7A)
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

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]

See also

References

  1. ^ "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.