The Chinese Radical: 羊


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Meaning
sheep    羊

Explanation Image of a sheep from above with horns 丷 backbone 丨 and wool 三 extending to the sides.

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

The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 and laterally protruding due thick wool 三 is the: sheep.  
差
JLPT HSK 3
difference, discrepancy, lack
chā, chà, chāi, cī
羊 差 工
Top: sheep 羊 with a bent leg ノ, below: craftsman, construction 工
A sheep with a bent leg and a craftsman: what a difference!  
鲜
JLPT HSK 3
fresh, delicious, seldom, rare
xiān, xiǎn
魚 羊
Left: fish 鱼/魚 (= with mouth ⺈, body 田 and tail fin 灬), right: sheep 羊 (The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep)
(Both meat of) fish and sheep must be fresh. (But formerly this was seldom.)  
糕
JLPT HSK 3
cakes, pastry
gāo
米 羔 丷 羊 灬
Left: rice 米, right: lamb 羔 (sheep 羊 [here: rising heat 丷 in an oven with three levels 王] with fire 灬)
It's made of rice in a 3-level-oven over the fire: The cake.  
养
JLPT HSK 4
to raise (animals), to bring up (children), to give birth
yǎng
羊 介
Top: sheep 羊 (The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep), bottom: between 介 (The person 人 in this armor 丌 is in: between)
A sheep is in the period of "in between", when it is raised.  
洋
JLPT HSK 4
ocean, foreign, vast
yáng
氵 羊
Left: water 氵, right: sheep 羊 (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.  
幸
JLPT HSK 4
happiness, fortunate, lucky, trusted
xìng
土 幸 羊
From top: earth 土, two drops 丶丶 and mirrored earth 干 (or variation of sheep: 羊)
Between two earths is the happiness.  
美
JLPT HSK 4
America, USA, beautiful
měi
羊 大
Top: sheep 羊 (The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep), below: big 大
A sheep that is big is beautiful, like America.  
详
JLPT HSK 4
detailed, exact, scrutinize
xiáng
讠 羊
Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: sheep 羊 (The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep.)
Words as protrudingly as the thick wool of a sheep are detailed.  
羞
JLPT HSK 4
ashamed, shy, bashful, delicacies
xiū
羊 丑 五
Left: var. of sheep 羊 (with bent leg ノ), right: ugly 丑 (var. of five 五)
For the sheep with five curved legs, you have to be ashamed.  
羡
JLPT HSK 4
jealous, to envy, admire
xiàn
羊 次
Top: sheep 羊, below: next/following 次 (ice 冫is lacking 欠, what comes next?) (欠 = The yawning person 人 has a lack [of manners])
The sheep coming next makes me jealous.  
善
JLPT HSK 5
goodness, benevolent, well-disposed, improve
shàn
善 羊 口
From top: sheep 羊 (The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep), stand 立, mouth 口
A sheep standing with a gaping mouth is good and benevolent.  
盖
JLPT HSK 5
lid, cover, seal, canopy
gài, gě
羊 皿
Top: sheep 羊 (here: sheepskin), bottom: bowl/plate 皿
A sheepskin can be laid over a bowl, as: a lid.  
拦
JLPT HSK 5
obstruct, to block sb's path, hinder
lán
扌 兰 羊
Left: hand 扌, right: orchid 兰 (three 三 petals)
The hand is for a backless sheep 羊 an obstruction.  
群
JLPT HSK 5
flock, group, crowd, herd
qún
君 尹 ノ 羊
Left: monarch, master 君 (He strikes with a stick ノ in a hand on a mouth 口), right: sheep 羊 (The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep)
If a monarch has sheep, then a whole flock.  
痒
JLPT HSK 5
to itch, to tickle
yǎng
疒 羊
Left: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), right: sheep 羊 (The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep)
(Woolen sweaters often itch:) The disease, like with sheep's wool, is itchy.  
氧
JLPT HSK 6
oxygen (chemistry)
yǎng
气 羊
Top: gas, air 气 (image of uprising steam), bottom: sheep 羊 (here: placeholder for animal life)
The gas for the (animal) life is: oxygen.  
翔
JLPT HSK 6
to soar, to glide, to hover
xiáng
羊 羽
Left: sheep 羊 (The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep), right: wings 羽
A sheep with wings can soar into the air.  
祥
JLPT HSK 6
good omen, auspicious, kindly, benevolent, propitious
xiáng
示 羊
Left: to show, altar 礻/示 (image of an altar 丁 with a sacrifice 一 and dripping blood 八), right: sheep 羊
An altar with a (sacrificed?) sheep is a good omen.  
姜
JLPT no HSK
ginger
jiāng
羊 女
Top: sheep 羊 (The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep), bottom: woman 女
The sheep is spiced by the woman using: ginger.  
膳
JLPT no HSK
nutrition, meals
shàn
肉 善 羊
Left: body part 月/肉, right: goodness, benevolent 善 (A sheep 羊 standing 立 with a gaping mouth 口 is good and benevolent)
For the body it is good: the nutrition.  
佯
JLPT no HSK
pretend, feign, false, deceitful
yáng
亻 羊
Left: person 亻, right: sheep 羊 (The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep)
A person pretending to be a sheep is deceitful.  
羌
JLPT no HSK
muntjac (=barking deer), Qiang ethnic group
qiāng
羊 乚
Left: sheep 羊, right: extra leg 乚
The sheep with the extra leg is a muntiac-deer.  
羔
JLPT no HSK
lamb
gāo
羔 羊 灬
Top: sheep 羊 (The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep), bottom: fire 灬
(I love roasted lamb) The 'sheep' on the fire is: a lamb.  
漾
JLPT no HSK
to ripple (water), to overflow
yàng
氵 羊 永
Left: water 氵, right: eternal, forever 羕 (sheep 羊, eternal 永 [= I emphasize 丶 Water 水 has been forever.]) Here: 永 as ripples on the water
Water like (wool from) sheep rippling on the water is: rippling. Or: In the ocean 洋 the eternal water 水/永 is rippling.  
恙
JLPT no HSK
sickness
yàng
羊 心
Top: sheep 羊 (The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep), bottom: heart 心 (here: one 乚 of the 4 legs 灬 is crooked)
The sheep with the one crooked leg is sick.  
羚
JLPT no HSK
antelope
líng
羊 令
Left: sheep 羊, right: order, command 令 (A lid on the bent person卩, was ordered)
The 'sheep' that (follows the herd/flock) as if on command is: the antelope.  
羹
JLPT no HSK
soup
gēng
羔 羊 灬 大
Top: lamb 羔 (The sheep 羊 on the fire 灬 is: a lamb), bottom: beautiful, USA 美 (sheep 羊, big 大)
With lambs and sheep we make a big soup.  
羲
JLPT no HSK
emperor Fuxi / Fu Hsi 伏羲, a mythical emperor
xī
羊
From top: sheep 羊, rice plant 禾, seaweed 丂, halberd 戈)
With sheep, rice, seaweed and halberds was: Fuxi.  

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