Radical 123 or radical sheep (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.

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 ⺶ and 𦍌 being its associated indexing component.

Evolution

Derived characters

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

See also

Literature

  • Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.

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