In Mandarin Chinese, 羊 (Pinyin: yáng 🔊) is a noun that is usually translated as “sheep” but is a general name for a caprid animal such as sheep, goat or antelope. To be more specific, Chinese uses compounds, for example:
A compound of 羊 and 肉 “meat”, 羊肉 (yángròu 🔊), means “mutton”.
The Goat is one of the twelve-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac and is associated with the earthly branch 未.
Just as it is the case with 牛, the character 羊 evolved from the pictogram of the animal’s head with horns.
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