羊: SheepKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ヨウ
- Kun'yomi
- ひつじ
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, grade 3
- Words
- 119 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ヨウ)
- 羊毛ようもうwool
- 羊水ようすいamniotic fluid
- 羊肉ようにくmutton; lamb (meat)
- ねり羊羹ねりようかんneri yōkan; firm adzuki-bean jelly
- めん羊めんようsheep
- メリノ羊毛メリノようもうmerino wool
- 亡羊ぼうようlost sheep
- 亡羊の嘆ぼうようのたんbemoaning the frustration of reaching truth (for surplus of academic paths); being at a loss
- 亡羊補牢ぼうようほろうlocking the barn door after the horse has bolted; doing something too late
- 多岐亡羊たきぼうようtoo many options making selection difficult; truth being hard to find as paths to it proliferate
- 有羊膜類ゆうようまくるいAmniota; amniotes
- 枝角羚羊えだつのれいようpronghorn (Antilocapra americana); prong buck
- 水羊かんみずようかんmizu yōkan; soft adzuki-bean jelly
- 水羊羮みずようかんmizu yōkan; soft adzuki-bean jelly
- 水羊羹みずようかんmizu yōkan; soft adzuki-bean jelly
- 淫羊かくいんようかくhorny goat weed (Epimedium grandiflorum var. thunbergianum); rowdy lamb herb
- 淫羊藿いんようかくhorny goat weed (Epimedium grandiflorum var. thunbergianum); rowdy lamb herb
- 無羊膜類むようまくるいanamniotes
- 煉り羊羹ねりようかんneri yōkan; firm adzuki-bean jelly
- 牧羊ぼくようsheep farming
- 牧羊地ぼくようちpasture or grazing land
- 牧羊犬ぼくようけんsheepdog
- 牧羊者ぼくようしゃsheep breeder; sheepman
- 白羊宮はくようきゅうAries (1st zodiacal sign); the Ram
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 羊ひつじsheep (Ovis aries)
- 子羊こひつじlamb
- 小羊こひつじlamb
- 一群の羊いちぐんのひつじflock of sheep
- 仔羊こひつじlamb
- 大角羊おおつのひつじbighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis)
- 屠所の羊としょのひつじdiscouraged person; (like a) sheep being led to a slaughterhouse
- 牡羊おひつじram (sheep)
- 牡羊座おひつじざAries (constellation); the Ram
Other readings
- アンゴラ山羊アンゴラやぎAngora goat
- カシミア山羊カシミアやぎCashmere goat
- シャン羊肉シャンヤンローinstant-boiled mutton
- チベット羚羊チベットかもしかTibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii); chiru
- 三手篦羊歯みつでへらしだJava fern (Microsorum pteropus)
- 両面羊歯りょうめんしだupside-down fern (Arachniodes standishii)
- 十文字羊歯じゅうもんじしだPolystichum tripteron (species of the wood fern family)
- 四角羚羊よつづのれいようfour-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis); chousingha
- 子山羊こやぎkid; young goat
- 子持ち羊歯こもちしだcrested Oriental chain fern (Woodwardia orientalis)
- 孔雀羊歯くじゃくしだnorthern maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum)
- 小山羊こやぎkid; young goat
- 小羊歯こしだOld World forked fern (Dicranopteris linearis)
- 山羊やぎgoat
- 山羊ミルクやぎミルクgoat's milk
- 山羊乳やぎにゅうgoat's milk; goat milk
- 山羊座やぎざCapricornus (constellation); Capricorn
- 山羊毛やぎもうgoat hair
- 山羊髭やぎひげgoatee
- 日本羚羊にほんかもしかJapanese serow (Capricornis crispus)
- 木生羊歯もくせいシダtree fern
- 海羊歯うみしだfeather star (Comatulida spp.); comatulid
- 海羊歯目ウミシダもくComatulida (order of crinoids); feather stars
- 涮羊肉シャンヤンローinstant-boiled mutton
- 牛羚羊うしかもしかgnu; wildebeest
- 玉羊歯たましだtuberous sword fern (Nephrolepis cordifolia)
- 白岩山羊しろいわやぎmountain goat (Oreamnos americanus); Rocky Mountain goat
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