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羊 means 'sheep'

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Strokes : 6    Radical number: 123    Frequency: 1720   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-30    Grade: 3   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 32 words   Used in 94 words   Used in 112 names   Component in 55 kanji (10 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ヨウ
Kun
   ひつじ sheep
Additional readings
Name    よ
Variants
⺷   𦍌   ⺶  
Notes
Feeling sheepish that you know little about the 'sheep' radical? That's about to change. Find out about characters with sheep on the left, on the right, and on top, and see what role sheep play in these kanji. Also learn to use 群 (flock) when discussing flocks of sheep ... and sparrows and monkeys?!
See also
美 beautiful  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 羊 is used 2 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 羊 is used 58 times, read 2 ways.
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ヨウ : 44 words FIND ALL
よ う も う 0
wool
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ひつじ : 14 words FIND ALL
ひ つ じ 0
noun
sheep (Ovis aries)
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An additional 美 less common words include 羊 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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More information
Wiktionary ⇗ | Unicode.org ⇗ | Google Japan ⇗ | Hanziyuan etymology ⇗
Additional data
Henshall: 426 (originally: 986)  Joy o' Kanji : 986  Key to Kanji: 1040 

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羊
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
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