羊 – sheep

6 strokesTaught in grade 3#1852 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 羊 means sheep. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヨウ (you); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ひつじ (hitsuji). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 羊 (no. 123).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヨウ	you
Kun’yomi	ひつじ	hitsuji

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 羊 (Kangxi radical 123). Components: 王・并.

Words using 羊

羊毛ようもうwool

Example sentences

オーストラリアは多くの羊毛を輸出している。

Australia exports a lot of wool.

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Kanji with the same radical

義美群羨

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