The Chinese Radical: 羊


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Meaning
sheep    羊

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
appearance, manner, pattern, way, shape
yàng
Left: tree , right: sheep (The horned animal with a backbone and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep.)
Trees and sheep have different appearance.
JLPT HSK 2
to wear clothes, receive, to touch
zhāo, zháo, zhe, zhuó
Var. of sheep (The horned animal with a backbone and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三.), eye (Here: as a pile of 3 sweaters, such as those piled in a department store.)
When the sheep's wool 三 is made into sweaters , it can be touched or worn as clothes.
JLPT HSK 2
sheep
yáng

The horned animal with a backbone and laterally protruding due thick wool 三 is the: sheep.
JLPT HSK 3
difference, discrepancy, lack
chā, chà, chāi, cī
Top: sheep with a bent leg , below: craftsman, construction
A sheep with a bent leg and a craftsman: what a difference!
JLPT HSK 3
fresh, delicious, seldom, rare
xiān, xiǎn
Left: fish 鱼/ (= with mouth , body and tail fin ), right: sheep (The horned animal with a backbone and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep)
(Both) fish and and sheep shall be fresh. (But formerly this was seldom.)
JLPT HSK 3
cakes, pastry
gāo
Left: rice , right: lamb (sheep [here: rising heat in an oven with three levels ] with fire )
It's made of rice in a 3-level-oven over the fire: The cake.
JLPT HSK 4
to raise (animals), to bring up (children), to give birth
yǎng
Top: sheep (The horned animal with a backbone and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep), bottom: between (The person in this armor 丌 is in-between)
A sheep is in the period of "in between", when it is raised.
JLPT HSK 4
ocean, foreign, vast
yáng
Left: water , right: sheep (here: a rippled white wave like the wool of a sheep)
The water can ripple like sheep's (wool) in the vast ocean over which the foreign came.
JLPT HSK 4
happiness, fortunate, lucky, trusted
xìng
From top: earth , two drops and mirrored earth (or variation of sheep: )
Between two earths is the happiness.
JLPT HSK 4
America, USA, beautiful
měi
Top: sheep (The horned animal with a backbone and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep), below: big
A sheep that is big is beautiful, like America.
JLPT HSK 4
detailed, exact, scrutinize
xiáng
Left: word / (sound waves out of a mouth ), right: sheep (The horned animal with a backbone and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep.)
Words as protrudingly as the thick wool of a sheep are detailed.
JLPT HSK 4
ashamed, shy, bashful, delicacies
xiū
Left: var. of sheep (with bent leg ), right: ugly (var. of five )
For the sheep with five curved legs you should feel ashamed.
JLPT HSK 4
jealous, to envy, admire
xiàn
Top: sheep , below: next/following (ice is lacking , what comes next?) ( = The yawning person has a lack [of manners])
The sheep coming next makes me jealous.
JLPT HSK 5
goodness, benevolent, well-disposed, improve
shàn
From top: sheep (The horned animal with a backbone and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep), stand , mouth
A sheep standing with a gaping mouth is good and benevolent.
JLPT HSK 5
lid, cover, seal, canopy
gài, gě
Top: sheep (here: sheepskin), bottom: bowl/plate
A sheepskin can be laid over a bowl, as: a lid.
JLPT HSK 5
obstruct, to block sb's path, hinder
lán
Left: hand , right: orchid (three 三 petals)
The hand is for a backless sheep an obstruction.
JLPT HSK 5
flock, group, crowd, herd
qún
Left: monarch, master (He strikes with a stick in a hand on a mouth ), right: sheep (The horned animal with a backbone and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep)
If a monarch has sheep, then a flock.
JLPT HSK 5
to itch, to tickle
yǎng
Left: disease (An ice--cold building 广 makes sick.), right: sheep (The horned animal with a backbone and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep)
(woolen sweaters often itch) The disease, like with sheep's wool, is itchy.
JLPT HSK 6
oxygen (chemistry)
yǎng
Top: gas, air (image of uprising steam), bottom: sheep (here: placeholder for animal life)
The gas for the (animal) life is: oxygen.
JLPT HSK 6
to soar, to glide, to hover
xiáng
Left: sheep (The horned animal with a backbone and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep), right: wings
A sheep with wings can soar into the air.
JLPT HSK 6
good omen, auspicious, kindly, benevolent, propitious
xiáng
Left: to show, altar 礻/ (image of an altar with a sacrifice and drippling blood ), right: sheep
An altar with a sheep is a good omen.
JLPT no HSK
ginger
jiāng
Top: sheep (The horned animal with a backbone and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep), bottom: woman
The sheep is spiced by the woman with: ginger.
JLPT no HSK
nutrition, meals
shàn
Left: body part /, right: goodness, benevolent (A sheep standing with a gaping mouth is good and benevolent)
For the body it is good: the nutrition.
JLPT no HSK
pretend, feign, false, deceitful
yáng
Left: person , right: sheep (The horned animal with a backbone and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep)
A person pretending to be a sheep is deceitful.
JLPT no HSK
muntjac (=barking deer), Qiang ethnic group
qiāng
Left: sheep , right: extra leg
The sheep with the extra leg is a muntiac-deer.
JLPT no HSK
lamb
gāo
Top: sheep (The horned animal with a backbone and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep), bottom: fire
(I love roasted lamb) The 'sheep' on the fire is: a lamb.
JLPT no HSK
to ripple (water), to overflow
yàng
Left: water , right: eternal, forever 羕 (sheep , eternal [= I emphasise Water has been forever.]) Here: as ripples on the water
Water like (wool from) sheep rippling on the water is: rippling. Or: In the ocean 洋 the eternal water / is rippling.
JLPT no HSK
sickness
yàng
Top: sheep (The horned animal with a backbone and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep), bottom: heart (here: one of the 4 legs is crooked)
The sheep with the crooked leg is sick.
JLPT no HSK
antelope
líng
Left: sheep , right: order, command (A lid on the bent person, was ordered)
The 'sheep' that (is following the herd/flock) as if on command is: the antelope.
JLPT no HSK
soup
gēng
Top: lamb (The sheep on the fire is: a lamb), bottom: beautiful, USA 美 (sheep , big )
The lambs of sheep that are big are used in: the soup.
JLPT no HSK
emperor Fuxi / Fu Hsi 伏羲, a mythical emperor

From top: sheep , rice plant , seeweed , halbard )
With sheep, rice, seeweed and halbards was: Fuxi.

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