# 羊

| 羊 | U+7F8A, &#32650; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7F8A |
| ← 羉 [U+7F89] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 羋 → [U+7F8B] |
| ⽺ | U+2F7A, &#12154; KANGXI RADICAL SHEEP |
| ← ⽹ [U+2F79] | Kangxi Radicals | ⽻ → [U+2F7B] |
| ⺶ | U+2EB6, &#11958; CJK RADICAL SHEEP |
| ← ⺵ [U+2EB5] | CJK Radicals Supplement | ⺷ → [U+2EB7] |

## Translingual
### Han character

羊 (Kangxi radical 123, 羊+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 廿手 (TQ), four-corner 8050$_1$, composition ⿱䒑𰀁)
* Kangxi radical #123, ⽺.

#### Derived characters

* Appendix:Chinese radical/羊
* 佯, 咩, 垟, 㟄, 徉, 洋, 样, 烊, 牂, 珜, 祥, 眻, 絴, 蛘, 觧, 詳(详), 䬺, 鮮(鲜)
* 劷, 䍩, 翔, 鴹, 善, 着, 庠, 痒, 氧, 譱
* 𭂎, 𫰧, 𰑘, 𢏙, 𪭰, 𨒫, 𪯷, 𥒞, 𮃁, 𬡘, 𫅧, 𨀘, 𨋽, 𨦡, 𩊑, 𩣆, 𫙊, 𪢟
* 𨛁, 𢼝, 𣁵, 𭭋, 𠲘, 𩰱, 𧒃, 𫳅, 𦭵, 𭽗, 𬒌, 𥥵, 𥬴, 𪔙, 𫨇, 𡱝, 𠙌, 𪢪

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 950, character 38
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28425
* Dae Jaweon: page 1393, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3125, character 1
* Unihan data for U+7F8A

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 羊 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 样 | *ʔslaːŋ, *laŋ |
| 佯 | *zlaŋ, *laŋ |
| 詳 | *ljaŋ, *laŋ |
| 洋 | *ljaŋ, *laŋ |
| 翔 | *ljaŋ |
| 庠 | *ljaŋ |
| 祥 | *ljaŋ |
| 痒 | *ljaŋ, *laŋʔ |
| 姜 | *klaŋ |
| 羌 | *kʰlaŋ |
| 蜣 | *kʰlaŋ |
| 猐 | *kʰlaŋ |
| 唴 | *kʰlaŋs |
| 羊 | *laŋ |
| 徉 | *laŋ |
| 烊 | *laŋ |
| 蛘 | *laŋ, *laŋʔ |
| 眻 | *laŋ, *laŋs |
| 鴹 | *laŋ |
| 恙 | *laŋs |
| 羕 | *laŋs |
| 樣 | *laŋs |
| 漾 | *laŋs |
Pictogram (象形) – picture of a ram's head. See also the original version of 沈.

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jaŋ (“sheep; yak”). Cognate with Tibetan གཡག (g.yag, “yak”), Lepcha ᰚᰩᰭ (yók, “yak”), Tangut 𗇼 (*gjwã², “goat”), Northern Tujia zo³⁵ (“goat; sheep”).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): yáng (yang$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yang$^2$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): yáng
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): yán
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ён (i͡on, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): joeng$^4$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): joeng$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): yiang$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): iong$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): yông
    (Hailu, HRS): rhong
    (Meixian, Guangdong): yong$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ion$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): iô̤ng
* Eastern Min (BUC): iòng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ieo$^2$ / iuⁿ$^2$ / yong$^2$ / yeng$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): iûⁿ / iôⁿ / iâuⁿ / iông / iâng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): iên$^5$ / ion$^5$ / iang$^5$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): io$^5$ / yiang$^5$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): iang$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$yan
* Xiang
    (Changsha, Wiktionary): ian$^2$
    (Hengyang, Wiktionary): ian$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yáng
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yáng
*** Wade–Giles: yang$^2$
*** Yale: yáng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yang
*** Palladius: ян (jan)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɑŋ³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (羊兒 / 羊儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yángr
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yángr
*** Wade–Giles: yang$^2$-ʼrh
*** Yale: yángr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yangl
*** Palladius: янр (janr)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɑ̃ɻ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: yang$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: iang
*** Sinological IPA : /iaŋ²¹/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: yáng
*** Sinological IPA : /iaŋ²⁴/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: yán
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): yan$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /iã²⁴/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ён (i͡on, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /iɑŋ²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: joeng$^4$
*** Yale: yèuhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: joeng$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yêng$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jœːŋ²¹/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: joeng$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /zøŋ²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: yiang$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiaŋ²²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: iong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /iɔŋ³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yông
*** Hakka Romanization System: iong$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /i̯oŋ²⁴/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yông
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)iong$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯oŋ²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: rhong
*** Sinological IPA: /ʒoŋ⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: yong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /iɔŋ¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ion$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /iɒ̃¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: iô̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /iɔŋ³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: iòng
*** Sinological IPA : /yoŋ⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ieo$^2$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: á̤uⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /ieu¹³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: iuⁿ$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ĩũ¹³/
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: yong$^2$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ió̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /yɒŋ¹³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: yeng$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /yøŋ¹³/
* ieo2/iuⁿ2 - vernacular;
* yong2/yeng2 - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit羊 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /iɑŋ³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /iaŋ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /iɑŋ⁴⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /iaŋ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /iaŋ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /iaŋ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /iaŋ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /iɔ̃²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /iɑŋ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /iɑ̃⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /iɑŋ⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /iaŋ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /iaŋ³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /iaŋ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /iã̠¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /iaŋ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /iɑ̃⁵⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /iɒ̃¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /iɑŋ¹³/ /yə¹³/ ～子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | /iɑ̃³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ɦiã²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /ɦiã¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /ɦiɑŋ²¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /ji³¹/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /ia⁴⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /iau⁴⁴/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ian¹³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ian¹²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /iɔŋ⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /ioŋ¹¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /ʒoŋ¹¹/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /jœŋ²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /jœŋ²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /jœŋ²¹/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /iɔŋ³⁵/ /iũ³⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /yoŋ⁵³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /iɔŋ³³/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /iõ⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /iaŋ³¹/ /io³¹/ |
* Middle Chinese: yang
Rime :
| Character | 羊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (105) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 與章切 |
| Baxter | yang |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jɨɐŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /jiɐŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /iɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /jɨaŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /iaŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /jĭaŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i̯aŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yáng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | joeng$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*ɢaŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*laŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 羊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yáng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ yang › |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢaŋ/ |
| English | sheep |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 羊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14535 |
| Phonetic component | 羊 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 陽 |
| Old Chinese | /*laŋ/ |

#### Definitions

羊
* caprid (e.g. sheep, goat, antelope, etc.) (Classifier: 隻／只 m c)
* (slang, neologism, humorous) Alternative form of 陽 / 阳 (yáng, “positive result (in a medical test)”)
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 祥 (xiáng, “auspicious”)
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 徉 (yáng)
* a surname, Yang

##### Synonyms

* (sheep, goat):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 羊 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 羊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 羊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 羊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 羊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 羊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 羊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 羊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 羊 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 羊 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 羊 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 羊 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 羊 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 羊 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 羊 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 羊 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 羊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 羊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 羊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 羊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 羊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 羊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 羊 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 羊 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 羊 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 羊, 羊子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 羊, 羊子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 羊, 羊子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 羊, 羊咩 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 羊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 羊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 羊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 羊 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 羊, 羊咩 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 羊, 羊咩, 羊咩咩 childish |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 羊 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 羊 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 羊 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 羊 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 羊, 羊咩 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 羊, 羊咩 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 羊 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 羊 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 羊 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 羊仔 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 羊 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 羊仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 羊仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 羊仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 羊 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 羊仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 羊 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 羊 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 羊 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 羊 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 羊 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 羊 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 羊, 羊兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 羊 |
| Jin | Linhe | 羊 |
| Jin | Jining | 羊 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 羊 |
| Jin | Baotou | 羊 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 羊 |
| Jin | Handan | 羊 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 羊 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 羊, 羊咩咩 childish |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 羊, 羊咩咩 childish |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 羊咩咩 childish |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 羊仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 羊仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 羊仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Hat Yai (Teochew) | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 羊, 羊咩 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 羊 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 羊咩, 羊 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 羊 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 羊咩 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 羊 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 羊, 羊咩 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 羊, 羊咩 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 羊, 羊咩 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 羊, 羊咩咩 childish |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 羊 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 羊 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 羊 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 羊 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 羊 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 羊 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 羊 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 羊 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 羊 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 羊 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 羊 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 羊 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 羊 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 羊 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 羊 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 羊, 羊媽媽 |
| Wu | Danyang | 羊子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 羊 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 羊兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 羊 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 羊 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 羊 |

#### Compounds

* 亡羊
* 亡羊得牛
* 亡羊補牢 / 亡羊补牢 (wángyángbǔláo)
* 代罪羔羊 (dàizuì gāoyáng)
* 仿羊皮紙 / 仿羊皮纸
* 使羊將狼 / 使羊将狼
* 公羊 (gōngyáng, “ram”)
* 公羊傳 / 公羊传 (Gōngyángzhuàn)
* 公羊經 / 公羊经
* 公羊高
* 北山羊 (běishānyáng)
* 十羊九牧
* 叱石成羊
* 吉羊 (jíxiáng)
* 告朔餼羊 / 告朔饩羊
* 問羊知馬 / 问羊知马
* 多歧亡羊
* 大羚羊
* 失馬亡羊 / 失马亡羊
* 如狼牧羊
* 山羊 (shānyáng, “goat”)
* 岩羊 (yányáng)
* 常羊 (chángyáng)
* 待罪羔羊
* 拿羊
* 撞門羊 / 撞门羊
* 擔酒牽羊 / 担酒牵羊
* 攘羊
* 攬羊 / 揽羊
* 放羊 (fàngyáng)
* 方羊 (pángyáng)
* 替罪羊 (tìzuìyáng)
* 替罪羔羊
* 桑弘羊
* 歧路亡羊 (qílùwángyáng)
* 母羊 (mǔyáng, “ewe”)
* 涼爽羊毛 / 凉爽羊毛
* 涮羊肉
* 淫羊藿 (yínyánghuò)
* 湖羊
* 湯羊 / 汤羊
* 灘羊 / 滩羊
* 炮羊肚
* 無羊 / 无羊
* 爛羊頭 / 烂羊头
* 牧羊 (mùyáng)
* 牧羊犬 (mùyángquǎn)
* 牧羊神
* 牧羊讀書 / 牧羊读书
* 牽羊成禮 / 牵羊成礼
* 牽羊擔酒 / 牵羊担酒
* 玉羊
* 白羊子
* 白羊宮 / 白羊宫 (báiyánggōng)
* 白羊座 (Báiyángzuò)
* 白羊鮮 / 白羊鲜
* 盤羊 / 盘羊
* 相羊 (xiāngyáng)
* 石羊
* 素絲羔羊 / 素丝羔羊
* 綿羊 / 绵羊 (miányáng, “sheep”)
* 羊乳 (yángrǔ)
* 羊倌 (yángguān)
* 羊兒風 / 羊儿风 (yáng'érfēng)
* 羊入虎口 (yángrùhǔkǒu)
* 羊公鶴 / 羊公鹤
* 羊冊 / 羊册 (Yángcè)
* 羊卓雍湖
* 羊卜
* 羊城 (Yángchéng)
* 羊字旁 (yángzìpáng)
* 羊尾 (Yángyǐ)
* 羊工
* 羊左之誼 / 羊左之谊
* 羊市 (Yángshì)
* 羊布婚
* 羊帶來 / 羊带来 (yángdàilái)
* 羊性
* 羊撞籬笆 / 羊撞篱笆
* 羊斑
* 羊桃 (yángtáo)
* 羊栖菜 (yángqīcài)
* 羊棗 / 羊枣
* 羊欣
* 羊毛 (yángmáo)
* 羊毛猴
* 羊毛疔
* 羊毛脂 (yángmáozhī)
* 羊毫 (yángháo)
* 羊水 (yángshuǐ)
* 羊溝 / 羊沟
* 羊狠狼貪 / 羊狠狼贪
* 羊痘
* 羊癇瘋 / 羊痫疯
* 羊癲瘋 / 羊癫疯 (yángdiānfēng)
* 羊皮紙 / 羊皮纸 (yángpízhǐ)
* 羊真孔草
* 羊祜
* 羊續懸魚 / 羊续悬鱼
* 羊羔 (yánggāo)
* 羊羔利
* 羊羔酒
* 羊群 (yángqún)
* 羊羹 (yánggēng)
* 羊肉床子
* 羊肚蕈
* 羊胛熟
* 羊背石
* 羊胃羊頭 / 羊胃羊头
* 羊脂玉
* 羊脂白
* 羊腸 / 羊肠 (yángcháng)
* 羊腸小徑 / 羊肠小径 (yángchángxiǎojìng)
* 羊腸小道 / 羊肠小道 (yángchángxiǎodào)
* 羊腸線 / 羊肠线
* 羊腸路 / 羊肠路
* 羊腸鳥道 / 羊肠鸟道
* 羊膜 (yángmó)
* 羊膜穿刺 (yángmó chuāncì)
* 羊膜類 / 羊膜类
* 羊舌 (Yángshé)
* 羊茅 (yángmáo)
* 羊落虎口
* 羊裘
* 羊裘垂釣 / 羊裘垂钓
* 羊角 (yángjiǎo)
* 羊角哀
* 羊角風 / 羊角风 (yángjiǎofēng)
* 羊觸藩籬 / 羊触藩篱
* 羊質虎皮 / 羊质虎皮
* 羊踏菜園 / 羊踏菜园
* 羊蹄
* 羊蹄甲
* 羊躑躅 / 羊踯躅
* 羊車 / 羊车
* 羊酒
* 羊陸之交 / 羊陆之交
* 羊霜腸 / 羊霜肠
* 羊頭狗肉 / 羊头狗肉 (yángtóugǒuròu)
* 羊馬城 / 羊马城
* 羊駝 / 羊驼 (yángtuó)
* 羊體嵇心 / 羊体嵇心
* 羊鬚瘡 / 羊须疮
* 羊齒 / 羊齿
* 美麗奴羊 / 美丽奴羊
* 羔羊 (gāoyáng)
* 羚羊 (língyáng, “antelope”)
* 羚羊掛角 / 羚羊挂角
* 羝羊觸藩 / 羝羊触藩
* 羱羊 (yuányáng)
* 羵羊 / 𫅗羊
* 翔羊 (xiángyáng)
* 肉袒牽羊 / 肉袒牵羊
* 肥羊 (féiyáng)
* 肥羊肉
* 臧穀亡羊 / 臧谷亡羊
* 蘇武牧羊 / 苏武牧羊
* 虎入羊群 (hǔrùyángqún)
* 虎皮羊質 / 虎皮羊质
* 虎蕩羊群 / 虎荡羊群
* 襄羊
* 賣狗懸羊 / 卖狗悬羊
* 迷路羔羊
* 青羊觀 / 青羊观
* 順手牽羊 / 顺手牵羊 (shùnshǒuqiānyáng)
* 領頭羊 / 领头羊 (lǐngtóuyáng)
* 風羊 / 风羊
* 飲羊 / 饮羊
* 餓虎吞羊 / 饿虎吞羊
* 餓虎撲羊 / 饿虎扑羊
* 餓虎擒羊 / 饿虎擒羊
* 餼羊 / 饩羊 (xìyáng)
* 鳥道羊腸 / 鸟道羊肠

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 羊(よう) (yō)
* → Korean: 양(羊) (yang)
* → Vietnamese: dương (羊)
Others:
* Wutunhua: yang

#### See also

* (Chinese zodiac signs) (~年) 鼠 (shǔ), 牛 (niú), 虎 (hǔ), 兔 (tù), 龍／龙 (lóng), 蛇 (shé), 馬／马 (mǎ), 羊 (yáng), 猴 (hóu), 雞／鸡 (jī), 狗 (gǒu), 豬／猪 (zhū)

#### References

* “羊”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

### Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from translingual ¥. Perhaps influenced by 大洋 (dàyáng).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yáng (yang$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yáng
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yáng
*** Wade–Giles: yang$^2$
*** Yale: yáng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yang
*** Palladius: ян (jan)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɑŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: joeng$^4$
*** Yale: yèuhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: joeng$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yêng$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jœːŋ²¹/

#### Definitions

羊
* (slang) Japanese yen
* (slang) Chinese yuan

#### References

* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “羊”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 277.

## Japanese

* Kanji in this term
* 羊
* ひつじ Grade: 3
* kun'yomi

### Kanji

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)
* sheep

#### Readings

* Go-on: よう (yō, Jōyō)、じょう (jō)
* Kan-on: よう (yō, Jōyō)、しょう (shō)
* Kun: ひつじ (hitsuji, 羊, Jōyō)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 羊
* ひつじ Grade: 3
* kun'yomi
⟨pi$_1$tuzi⟩ → */pʲituzi/ → /ɸituzi/ → /çitsudʑi/
From Old Japanese. Further derivation unknown. Theories include:
* From 日 (hi, “sun”) +‎ 辻 (tsuji, “crossroads”), as the sun begins to set around the hour of the Sheep according to traditional Chinese timekeeping.
* Alteration from 髭 (hige, “facial hair”) +‎ つ (tsu, Old Japanese possessive particle) +‎ 牛 (ushi, “cattle”).
* Alteration from 人 (hito, “person”) +‎ 牛 (ushi, “cattle”), literally “people’s cattle”.
* Alteration from 養す (hitasu, “to raise (cattle)”) +‎ 獣 (shishi, “a beast used for its meat”) or 養し (hitashi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of 養す) +‎ 牛 (ushi, “cattle”). If true, would parallel the supposed development of やぎ (yagi) from 野牛 (yagyū, “wild cattle”), referring to the relative ease of domestication of sheep.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ひつじ [hìtsújí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [çi̥t͡sɨʑi]
** Homophone: 未

#### Noun

羊(ひつじ) or 羊(ヒツジ) • (hitsuji)
* a sheep (animal)
    Synonym: 綿羊 (menyō)
** 1999 March 6, “スリーピィ [Sleepie]”, in Starter Box(スターターボックス), Konami:
    しっぽの長(なが)いひつじ。しっぽを使(つか)い催(さい)眠(みん)術(じゅつ)をかけ、睡(すい)魔(ま)を誘(さそ)う。
       Shippo no nagai hitsuji. Shippo o tsukai saiminjutsu o kake, suima o sasou.
       A sheep that will mesmerize you to sleep with its long tail.

##### Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ヒツジ.

##### Derived terms

* 未(ひつじ) (hitsuji)
* 羊飼(ひつじか)い (hitsujikai)
* 羊雲(ひつじぐも) (hitsuji-gumo)
* 小羊(こひつじ) (kohitsuji)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 羊
* よう Grade: 3
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 羊 (MC yang).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [jo̞ː]

#### Affix

羊(よう) • (yō)
* a sheep (animal)

### References

* ↑ Omodaka, Hisataka (1967) 時代別国語大辞典 上代編 [The dictionary of historical Japanese: Old Japanese] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN, page 614
* ↑ 語源由来辞典 Gogen Yurai Jiten
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 羊 (MC yang). Recorded as Middle Korean 야ᇰ (yang) (Yale: yang) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Hanja

Wikisource 羊 (eumhun 양 양 (yang yang))
* hanja form of 양 (“sheep”)

#### Compounds

* 면양 (綿羊, myeonyang)
* 산양 (山羊, sanyang)
* 양각 (羊角, yanggak)
* 양막 (羊膜, yangmak)
* 양모 (羊毛, yangmo)
* 양수 (羊水, yangsu)
* 양피 (羊皮, yangpi)
* 영양 (羚羊, yeong'yang)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

羊: Hán Nôm readings: dương
* chữ Hán form of dương (“goat, sheep”).

#### Compounds

* 山羊 (sơn dương, “serow”)
* 白羊 (Bạch Dương, “Aries”)
* 羊齒 (dương xỉ, “fern”)
* 羚羊 (linh dương, “antelope”)