The kanji 羊: meaning, readings and stroke order

羊

Meaning: sheep
On reading: ヨウ you
Kun reading: ひつじ hitsuji
Strokes: 6
Radical: 羊 sheep
Level: Level 3 · grade 3

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: con cừu (dương)
Japanese: ひつじ。
Korean: 양
Chinese: 羊

Readings, words and example sentences

ヨウ you · on reading

羊よう毛もう
wool
羊よう毛もうのセーターはあたたかいです。
Wool sweaters are warm.

ひつじ hitsuji · kun reading

羊ひつじ
sheep
野原で 羊ひつじが草を食べています。
Sheep are eating grass in the field.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.