Radical 123

{{Short description|Chinese character radical}}

{{Infobox Kangxi radical

|123|uni=7F8A

|meaning= sheep

|pny= yáng

|bopo= ㄧㄤˊ

|gr= yang

|wade= yang2

|jyutping= joeng4

|yale= yèuhng

|cn= (Left) 羊字旁 yángzìpáng
(Top) 羊字頭/羊字头 yángzìtóu

|onyomi= ヨウ yō

|kunyomi= ひつじ hitsuji

|jp= 羊/ひつじ hitsuji
(Left) 羊偏/ひつじへん hitsujihen

|hang= 양 yang

|hanja= 양 yang

}}

Radical 123 or radical sheep ({{Lang|zh-Hant|羊部}}) meaning "sheep" or "goat" is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 156 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

{{Lang|zh-Hans|羊}} is also the 143rd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with {{Lang|zh-Hans|⺶}} and {{Lang|zh-Hans|𦍌}} being its associated indexing component.

Evolution

File:羊-oracle.svg|Oracle bone script character

File:羊-bronze.svg|Bronze script character

File:羊-bigseal.svg|Large seal script character

File:羊-seal.svg|Small seal script character

Derived characters

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! Strokes !! Characters

+0style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|羊}}
+1style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|羋}}
+2style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|羌}}
+3style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|羍}} {{Linktext|美}} {{Linktext|羏}} {{Linktext|羐}} (=羑) {{Linktext|羑}}
+4style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|羒}} {{Linktext|羓}} {{Linktext|羔}} {{Linktext|羖}} {{Linktext|羗}} (=羌/羑) {{Linktext|羘}} {{Linktext|羙}} (=美 羔)
+5style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|着}}SC/HK (={{Linktext|著}} -> ) {{Linktext|羕}} {{Linktext|羚}} {{Linktext|羛}} {{Linktext|羜}} {{Linktext|羝}} {{Linktext|羞}} {{Linktext|羟}}SC (=羥)
+6style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|羠}} {{Linktext|羡}}SC (=羨) {{Linktext|羢}} (={{Linktext|絨}} -> )
+7style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|羣}}HK (=群) {{Linktext|群}} {{Linktext|羥}} {{Linktext|羦}} {{Linktext|羧}} {{Linktext|羨}} {{Linktext|義}} {{Linktext|羪}}
+8style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|羫}}
+9style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|羬}} {{Linktext|羭}} {{Linktext|羮}} (=羹) {{Linktext|羯}} {{Linktext|羰}}
+10style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|羱}} {{Linktext|羲}}
+12style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|羳}} {{Linktext|羴}} {{Linktext|羵}}
+13style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|羶}} {{Linktext|羷}} {{Linktext|羸}} {{Linktext|羹}}
+14style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|羺}}
+15style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|羻}} {{Linktext|羼}}

Sinogram

The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in the third grade in Japan.{{Cite web |title=The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo |url=https://www.kanshudo.com/collections/kyoiku_kanji |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324010221/https://www.kanshudo.com/collections/kyoiku_kanji |archive-date=March 24, 2022 |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=www.kanshudo.com}}

See also

References

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Literature

  • {{cite book|last= Fazzioli |first= Edoardo |others= calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko |title= Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters |year= 1987 |publisher= Abbeville Press |location= New York |isbn= 0-89659-774-1 }}