Thursday 11 January 2018

羊 | yáng

In Mandarin Chinese, (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 and “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 .

Just as it is the case with , the character evolved from the pictogram of the animal’s head with horns.

More photos related to goats, sheep, lamb, zodiac and sea glass @ Shutterstock.

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