Radical 123
Radical 123 or radical sheep (羊部) meaning "sheep" or "goat" is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes.
| 羊 | ||
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| 
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| 羊 (U+7F8A) "sheep" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | yáng | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄧㄤˊ | |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh: | yang | |
| Wade–Giles: | yang2 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | yèuhng | |
| Jyutping: | joeng4 | |
| Japanese Kana: | ヨウ yō (on'yomi) ひつじ hitsuji (kun'yomi) | |
| Sino-Korean: | 양 yang | |
| Names | ||
| Chinese name(s): | (Left) 羊字旁 yángzìpáng (Top) 羊字頭/羊字头 yángzìtóu | |
| Japanese name(s): | 羊/ひつじ hitsuji (Left) 羊偏/ひつじへん hitsujihen | |
| Hangul: | 양 yang | |
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In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 156 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
羊 is also the 143rd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with ⺶ and 𦍌 being its associated indexing component.
Evolution
    
 Oracle bone script character Oracle bone script character
 Bronze script character Bronze script character
 Large seal script character Large seal script character
 Small seal script character Small seal script character
Derived characters
    
| Strokes | Characters | 
|---|---|
| +0 | 羊 | 
| +1 | 羋 | 
| +2 | 羌 | 
| +3 | 羍 美 羏 羐 (=羑) 羑 | 
| +4 | 羒 羓 羔 羖 羗 (=羌/羑) 羘 羙 (=美 羔) | 
| +5 | 着SC/HK (=著 -> 艸) 羕 羚 羛 羜 羝 羞 羟SC (=羥) | 
| +6 | 羠 羡SC (=羨) 羢 (=絨 -> 糸) | 
| +7 | 羣HK (=群) 群 羥 羦 羧 羨 義 羪 | 
| +8 | 羫 | 
| +9 | 羬 羭 羮 (=羹) 羯 羰 | 
| +10 | 羱 羲 | 
| +12 | 羳 羴 羵 | 
| +13 | 羶 羷 羸 羹 | 
| +14 | 羺 | 
| +15 | 羻 羼 | 
Literature
    
- Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
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