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Kanji for Sheep
The kanji for “sheep” is 羊, read you and written in 6 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
羊
sheep
The sheep; gentle and peaceful.
6 strokes On reading ヨウ (you) Kun reading ひつじ (hitsuji) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: sheep
Readings used for names on Nazuke: yo, you
In Japan it appears in about 63 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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