Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N1

1852 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: sheep

Kunyomi: ひつじ

Onyomi: ヨウ

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ひつじ

Meaning: sheep

Strokes: 6

Examples

Examples with audio

毛(ようもう)   wool

羹(ようかん)   sweet bean jelly

頭狗肉(ようとうくにく)   deceptive advertising

犬(ぼくようけん)   sheepdog

(ひつじ)   sheep

飼い(ひつじかい)   shepherd, shepherdess

(こひつじ)   lamb

Onyomi Examples

ヨウモウ wool

ヨウニク mutton, lamb (meat)

テイヨウ ram (sheep), someone who lives their life by instinct

レイヨウ antelope

Kunyomi Examples

ひつじ sheep (Ovis aries)

飼い ひつじかい shepherd, shepherdess

おひつじ ram (sheep)

迷える子 まよえるこひつじ stray sheep, lost lamb, person at a loss for what to do