羊
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yáng · sheep, goat

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HSK 3.0 · Level 3Frequency #2574
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Shape and proportion

6Total strokes

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Top-bottomCharacter structure

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羊Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 羊

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Example sentences

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Nǐ men xiǎng chī jǐ chuàn kǎo yáng ròu?你们想吃几串烤羊肉?

How many kebabs will you have?

Source: Tatoeba #419726 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ xiǎng chī jǐ chuàn kǎo yáng ròu?你想吃几串烤羊肉?

How many kebabs will you have?

Source: Tatoeba #419724 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Bǐ qǐ yáng ròu wǒ gèng xǐhuan niú ròu.比起羊肉我更喜欢牛肉。

I like beef more than lamb.

Source: Tatoeba #9007593 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nín xiǎng chī jǐ chuàn kǎo yáng ròu?您想吃几串烤羊肉?

How many kebabs will you have?

Source: Tatoeba #419725 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ xiǎng bǎ wǒ men de liǎng zhī yáng yí huàn yī ma?你想把我们的两只羊一换一吗?

Do you want to trade our two sheep, one for another?

Source: Tatoeba #2252418 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhè xiē bù shì quán yáng máo de.这些布是全羊毛的。

These garments are made of 100 percent wool.

Source: Tatoeba #759002 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 羊 in context

  1. Say yáng, then recall the core meaning: sheep, goat.
  2. Write all 6 strokes while keeping the top-bottom balanced.
  3. Use it in 亡羊补牢 (wáng yáng bǔ láo), meaning “lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 羊 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.