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羊

Sheep
Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingヨウ
Kun readingひつじ

Meanings

  1. sheepRtK
  1. sheep (Ovis aries)

Homonyms

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Radicals and components

Radical羊sheep
Components
How it's built
羊

Mnemonic (RtK)

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horns

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 586

Compound words

彼はその羊をつかまえようとした。
He tried to take hold of the sheep.tatoeba
彼はかなり多くの羊を持っている。
He owns a good few sheep.tatoeba
彼は、いわば迷える子羊だ。
He is, as it were, a stray sheep.tatoeba

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Sheep. A sheep's head with horns on top.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 羊

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