羊 (yáng)

sheep; goat

How 羊 is written

Strokes
6
Traditional
羊
Simplified
羊 (unchanged)

Common words using 羊

白羊座 báiyángzuò
Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
山羊 shānyáng
goat
放羊 fàngyáng
to tend a flock of sheep; to let sheep out to pasture; fig. to throw off the reins
綿羊 miányáng
a sheep
羊毛 yángmáo
fleece; wool; woolen
羊皮 yángpí
sheepskin
羊羔 yánggāo
lamb
羊肉 yángròu
mutton
羊肉串 yángròuchuàn
lamb kebab
亡羊補牢 wángyángbǔláo
lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom); fig. to act belatedly; better late than never
公羊 gōngyáng
ram (male sheep)
小羊 xiǎoyáng
lamb

羊 in a sentence

冬天吃羊肉爐很溫暖。

Dōngtiān chī yángròulú hěn wēnnuǎn.

“Eating mutton hot pot in winter is very warming.”

How common is 羊?

羊 is the 1,335th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 93.2% of all running text.

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