• 羊ひつじ — sheep
• 羊毛ようもう — wool
• 羊乳ようにゅう — sheep’s milk
• 牧羊ぼくよう — sheep herding
• 綿羊めんよう — domestic sheep

The character 羊 is a pictograph showing the head and curved horns of a sheep. In East Asian culture, sheep have been associated with gentleness, kindness, and sometimes prosperity. It’s also one of the twelve zodiac animals (the eighth in the cycle).

羊ひつじの毛けで服ふくを作つくります。
We make clothes from sheep’s wool.

羊ひつじが野原のはらで草くさを食たべています。
The sheep are eating grass in the field.

🎧 Listen to ヨウ and ひつじ.