羊
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Translingual
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Han character
羊 (Kangxi radical 123, 羊+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 廿手 (TQ), four-corner 80501, composition ⿱䒑𰀁)
- Kangxi radical #123, ⽺.
Derived characters
- Appendix:Chinese radical/羊
- 佯, 𭂎, 咩, 垟, 𫰧, 㟄, 𢏙, 徉, 𪭰, 洋, 𨒫, 𪯷, 样, 烊, 牂, 珜, 祥, 眻, 𥒞, 𮃁, 𬡘, 絴, 𫅧, 蛘, 觧, 詳(详), 𨀘, 𨋽, 𨦡, 𩊑, 䬺, 𩣆, 𫙊, 鮮(鲜), 𪢟
- 劷, 𨛁, 𢼝, 𣁵, 𭭋, 翔, 鴹, 𠲘, 善, 𩰱, 𧒃, 着, 𫳅, 𦭵, 𭽗, 𬒌, 𥥵, 𥬴, 𪔙, 𫨇, 庠, 𡱝, 痒, 氧, 𠙌, 𪢪, 譱
References
- KangXi: 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
simp. and trad. | 羊 |
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Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 羊 | |||
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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 | |
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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.
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
Definitions
羊
- caprid, e.g. sheep, goat, antelope (Classifier: 隻/只 m c)
- † Alternative form of 祥 (xiáng, “auspicious”).
- † Alternative form of 徉 (yáng).
- a surname
Synonyms
Variety | Location | Words edit |
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Classical Chinese | 羊 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 羊 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 羊 |
Taiwan | 羊 | |
Tianjin | 羊 | |
Tangshan | 羊 | |
Cangzhou | 羊 | |
Baoding | 羊 | |
Shijiazhuang | 羊 | |
Chifeng | 羊 | |
Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 羊 | |
Harbin | 羊 | |
Shenyang | 羊 | |
Yantai (Muping) | 羊 | |
Qingdao | 羊 | |
Jinan | 羊 | |
Luoyang | 羊 | |
Wanrong | 羊 | |
Zhengzhou | 羊 | |
Xi'an | 羊 | |
Yinchuan | 羊 | |
Lanzhou | 羊 | |
Xining | 羊 | |
Ürümqi | 羊 | |
Wuhan | 羊, 羊子 | |
Chengdu | 羊, 羊子 | |
Chongqing | 羊 | |
Guiyang | 羊, 羊子 | |
Kunming | 羊 | |
Guilin | 羊 | |
Liuzhou | 羊, 羊咩 | |
Xuzhou | 羊 | |
Yangzhou | 羊 | |
Nanjing | 羊 | |
Hefei | 羊 | |
Nantong | 羊 | |
Singapore | 羊 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 羊, 羊咩 |
Hong Kong | 羊, 羊咩, 羊咩咩 childish | |
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 羊 | |
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 羊 | |
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 羊 | |
Dongguan | 羊 | |
Yangjiang | 羊, 羊咩 | |
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 羊, 羊咩 | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 羊 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 羊 |
Pingxiang | 羊 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 羊仔 |
Dabu (Xihe) | 羊 | |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 羊仔 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 羊仔 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 羊仔 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 羊 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 羊仔 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 羊 | |
Hong Kong | 羊 | |
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 羊 | |
Senai (Huiyang) | 羊 | |
Huizhou | Jixi | 羊 |
Shexian | 羊 | |
Jin | Taiyuan | 羊, 羊兒 |
Xinzhou | 羊 | |
Linhe | 羊 | |
Jining | 羊 | |
Hohhot | 羊 | |
Baotou | 羊 | |
Zhangjiakou | 羊 | |
Handan | 羊 | |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 羊 |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 羊 |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 羊, 羊咩咩 childish |
Quanzhou | 羊, 羊咩咩 childish | |
Zhangzhou | 羊咩咩 childish | |
Zhao'an | 羊仔 | |
Kaohsiung | 羊 | |
Yilan | 羊仔 | |
Changhua (Lukang) | 羊 | |
Taichung | 羊仔 | |
Taichung (Wuqi) | 羊 | |
Tainan | 羊 | |
Taitung | 羊 | |
Hsinchu | 羊 | |
Penghu (Magong) | 羊 | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 羊 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 羊 | |
Chaozhou | 羊 | |
Shantou | 羊 | |
Shantou (Chenghai) | 羊 | |
Jieyang | 羊 | |
Bangkok (Teochew) | 羊 | |
Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 羊 | |
Hat Yai (Teochew) | 羊 | |
Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 羊 | |
Singapore (Teochew) | 羊 | |
Pontianak (Teochew) | 羊 | |
Haikou | 羊, 羊咩 | |
Singapore (Hainanese) | 羊 | |
Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 羊, 羊咩咩 childish |
Shehua | Fu'an | 羊 |
Fuding | 羊 | |
Luoyuan | 羊 | |
Sanming | 羊 | |
Shunchang | 羊 | |
Hua'an | 羊 | |
Guixi (Zhangping) | 羊 | |
Cangnan | 羊 | |
Jingning | 羊 | |
Lishui | 羊 | |
Longyou | 羊 | |
Chaozhou | 羊 | |
Fengshun | 羊 | |
Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 羊 |
Wu | Shanghai | 羊 |
Suzhou | 羊, 羊媽媽 | |
Danyang | 羊子 | |
Hangzhou | 羊 | |
Wenzhou | 羊兒 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 羊 |
Shuangfeng | 羊 |
Compounds
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Descendants
- → Japanese: 羊 (yō)
- → Korean: 양(羊) (yang)
- → Vietnamese: dương (羊)
Others:
- Wutunhua: yang
See also
- (Chinese zodiac signs) 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) (Category: zh:Chinese zodiac)
References
- “Entry #2600”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Etymology 2
Orthographic borrowing from translingual ¥. Perhaps influenced by 大洋 (dàyáng).
Pronunciation
Definitions
羊
- (slang) Japanese yen
- (slang) Chinese yuan
Japanese
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羊 |
ひつじ Grade: 3 |
kun’yomi |
Kanji
(grade 3 “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 |
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羊 |
ひつじ Grade: 3 |
kun’yomi |
From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *petunsi. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[1]
There are various theories regarding the ultimate derivation:
- From the Chinese zodiac 未 (“the 8th earthly branches, symbol of sheep”), spoken as 日辻 (hitsuji, literally “day crossing”), in reference to the western sunset at that time.[2]
- Compound of 髭 (hige, “beard”) + つ (tsu, “genitive particle”) + 牛 (ushi, “cow, ox”).[2]
- Samuel Martin reconstructs hitsuji as Proto-Japonic *pitunsi and derives it as a compound of *pi (unknown, perhaps the same pi found in *pinkay (“beard”)) + *tu (possibly the genitive particle つ (tu)) + *-n- (possibly a contraction of the genitive particle の (no)) + *-(u)si (related to animals, as in 肉 (shishi, “meat”, obsolete), 獣 (shishi, “animal (used for meat)”, obsolete), or possibly 牛 (ushi, “cow, ox”)).[3]
- The ushi changes to uji as an instance of rendaku (連濁). However rendaku only applies to the first syllable of a word, so Martin reconstructs ushi as being a compound of *u- (“unknown”) + *-si (“related to animals; see above for examples”), and that the *-si suffix can be isolated, with an optional *-n- to nasalize it.[3]
- Sound shift from 人牛 (hito-ushi, literally “person cow”).[2]
- Theories exist for meaning 養獣 (hitasu-shishi, literally “cultivated meat”) and 養牛 (hitashi-ushi, literally “raised cow”).[2]
- In Old Japanese, 日足す (pitasu, modern spelling 養たす (hitasu)) meant to nurture. This was first attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[4]
- As ushi is a cow or an ox and hitsuji is a sheep, the sound shift most likely using hitashi-ushi mentioned above can be proposed:[2]
- /hitashiushi/ → /hitaushi/ → /hitsuji/
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) ひつじ [h
ìtsújí] (Heiban – [0])[5][6][7] - IPA(key): [çi̥t͡sɨᵝʑi]
- Homophone: 未
Noun
羊 • (hitsuji)
- a sheep (animal)
- 1999 March 6, “スリーピィ [Sleepie]”, in Starter Box, Konami:
- しっぽの長いひつじ。しっぽを使い催眠術をかけ、睡魔を誘う。
- 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.
- しっぽの長いひつじ。しっぽを使い催眠術をかけ、睡魔を誘う。
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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 (hitsuji)
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term |
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羊 |
よう Grade: 3 |
on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 羊 (MC jɨɐŋ).
Pronunciation
- On’yomi
- IPA(key): [jo̞ː]
Affix
羊 • (yō)
- a sheep (animal)
References
- “羊”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
- ヒツジ/羊/ひつじ - Gogen Yurai Jiten (in Japanese)
- Martin, Samuel E. (1987) The Japanese Language Through Time, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN
- “養”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 羊 (MC jɨɐŋ). 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)
- 영양 (羚羊, yeong'yang)
- 양피 (羊皮, yangpi)
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
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