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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 羊

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
羊 yáng - surname Yang
羊 yáng - sheep; goat
- CL:頭|头[tou2],隻|只[zhi1]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 3 3,145 2,007 846

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿱ 丷 ？

Radical:

羊

Type:

Pictographic

Hint:

A sheep's head with horns

Other Words Containing 羊

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
羊 - 3 3,145 2,007 846
山羊 - - 5,711 14,825 15,849
替罪羊 - - 9,664 41,090 35,720
羔羊 - - 9,857 24,110 16,706
羊水 - - 11,351 25,790 34,136
绵羊 - - 12,142 16,612 10,028
羊羔 - - 12,956 26,428 11,276
羊毛 - - 13,680 10,965 4,949
牧羊人 - - 14,030 57,284 42,690
羊肉 2 - 14,107 8,538 3,732
羚羊 - - 15,107 18,602 23,807
牧羊犬 - - 16,372 - -
羊群 - - 19,192 29,472 28,674
羊皮 - - 19,462 21,847 11,407
顺手牵羊 - - 21,382 52,191 34,874
羊毛衫 - - 21,978 15,839 6,113
牧羊 - - 22,735 26,565 17,257
羊奶 - - 23,054 58,711 40,241
亡羊补牢 - 9 23,418 42,655 35,026
羊皮纸 - - 27,501 92,727 108,760
领头羊 - - 29,657 - -
放羊 - - 32,039 42,103 31,405
羊膜 - - 35,815 38,947 91,859
羊肉串 - - 38,213 - -
羊肠小道 - - 58,185 66,514 64,590
山羊绒 - - 63,127 86,217 57,096
小羊 - - 63,507 36,290 20,187
羊年 - - 65,812 65,135 97,013
羊痫风 - - 70,632 - -
头羊 - - 84,982 83,452 63,737
挂羊头卖狗肉 - - 97,662 68,779 49,167