Radical 123 Explained

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 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.

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 and being its associated indexing component.

Derived characters

Strokes Characters
+0
+1
+2
+3 (=羑)
+4 (=羌/羑) (=美 羔)
+5 SC/HK (= -> ) SC (=羥)
+6 SC (=羨) (= -> )
+7 HK (=群)
+8
+9 (=羹)
+10
+12
+13
+14
+15

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.[1]

See also

Literature

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220324010221/https://www.kanshudo.com/collections/kyoiku_kanji . March 24, 2022 . 2023-05-06 . www.kanshudo.com.