Meaning
(surname); sheep
Chinese: 羊这种动物，也可作姓氏。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “yang” becomes a different word in each tone. 羊 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 羊肉yáng ròumutton; goat meat
- 亡羊补牢wáng yáng bǔ láolit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom); fig. to act belatedly; better late than never; to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
- 羊年yáng niánYear of the Ram (e.g. 2003)
- 小羊xiǎo yánglamb
- 公羊gōng yángram (male sheep)
Example Sentence
山坡上有一群白羊。Shān pō shàng yǒu yì qún bái yáng.There is a flock of white sheep on the hillside.
山坡Shān pōhillside上shàngon有yǒuto have一yìone群qúngroup白羊bái yángAries (star sign)。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
A pictograph of a sheep or goat’s head, with curved horns at the top. It means ‘sheep / goat’.
A way to remember it
Curved horns above a face — a sheep.