Radical 123
Chinese character radical
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::summary Chinese character radical ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| 123 | uni |
| meaning | sheep |
| pny | yáng |
| bopo | ㄧㄤˊ |
| gr | yang |
| wade | yang2 |
| jyutping | joeng4 |
| yale | yèuhng |
| cn | (Left) 羊字旁 yángzìpáng |
| (Top) 羊字頭/羊字头 yángzìtóu | |
| onyomi | ヨウ yō |
| kunyomi | ひつじ hitsuji |
| jp | 羊/ひつじ hitsuji |
| (Left) 羊偏/ひつじへん hitsujihen | |
| hang | 양 yang |
| hanja | 양 yang |
| :: |
|123|uni=7F8A |meaning= sheep |pny= yáng |bopo= ㄧㄤˊ |gr= yang |wade= yang2 |jyutping= joeng4 |yale= yèuhng |cn= (Left) 羊字旁 yángzìpáng (Top) 羊字頭/羊字头 yángzìtóu |onyomi= ヨウ yō |kunyomi= ひつじ hitsuji |jp= 羊/ひつじ hitsuji (Left) 羊偏/ひつじへん hitsujihen |hang= 양 yang |hanja= 양 yang
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
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Derived characters
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| 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.
References
Literature
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