IDENTITY
羊yángsheep; goat
HSK 2Top 700
CORE MEANING
sheep; goat
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.sheep; goatHSK2
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 羊sheep radical (yáng)
- strokes
- 6
- Structure
- single structure
- IDS sequence
- ⿱䒑⿻二丨
- part of the structure
- part of the structure
USAGE
Common words
山羊shānyánggoat
羊肉yángròumutton
羊群yángqúnflock of sheep
Graded examples
奶奶养了三只羊。Nǎinai yǎng le sān zhī yáng.HSK3
Grandma keeps three sheep.
RELATIONS
In these chengyu
Lookalike — don’t mix up
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
Horns and a face — a sheep.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #700
- Memory aid
- imagery
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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