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羊 = 丷

羊 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “sheep”. It is built from 丷 (horns). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 586. It appears as a component in 20 other characters in this index.

Keyword
sheep
RTK frame
586
Strokes
6
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ヨウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ひつじ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
овцы
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
羊 sheep

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 丷 horns

Characters that contain 羊

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