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羊 kanji
sheep
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
ヨウ
Kun readings
ひつじ
Words with 羊
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —羊毛猿woolly monkey (any New World monkey of genus Lagothrix)
- —白羊宮Aries (1st zodiacal sign); the Ram
- —羊膜類amniotes
- —金羊皮Golden Fleece
- —羊羹色rusty color produced when black or purple clothes fade
- —羊背岩roche moutonnée; sheepback
- —淫羊藿horny goat weed (Epimedium grandiflorum var. thunbergianum); rowdy lamb herb; barrenwort; bishop's hat; fairy wings; yin yang huo
- —羊膜腔amniotic cavity
- —牧羊神Pan (god)
- —栗羊羹chestnut yōkan
- —公羊伝Gongyang Zhuan (Chinese classical work); Gongyang Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals; Commentary of Gongyang
- —羊頭狗肉crying wine and selling vinegar; deceptive advertisement
- —亡羊の嘆bemoaning the frustration of reaching truth (for surplus of academic paths); being at a loss
- —羊水穿刺amniocentesis
- —多岐亡羊too many options making selection difficult; truth being hard to find as paths to it proliferate
- —羊質虎皮sheep in a tiger's skin; gimcrack; showy without real worth; all show and no substance
- —有羊膜類Amniota; amniotes
- —無羊膜類anamniotes
- —四角羚羊four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis); chousingha
- —麒麟羚羊gerenuk (Litocranius walleri); Waller's gazelle