Radical 123 (U+2F7A)
(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.

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 and 𦍌 being its associated indexing component.

Evolution

Derived characters

StrokesCharacters
+0
+1
+2
+3 (=羑)
+4 (=羌/羑) (=美 羔)
+5SC/HK (= -> ) SC (=羥)
+6 SC (=羨) (= -> )
+7HK (=群)
+8
+9 (=羹)
+10
+12
+13
+14
+15

Sinogram

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



References

  1. 1 2 "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

See also

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.
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