羊

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sheep

On-Yomi: ヨウ — Kun-Yomi: ひつじ

Elements:

sheep, horns

Heisig story:

This pictograph shows the animal horns at the top attached to the head (3rd stroke), the front and back legs (strokes 4 and 5) and body (final stroke).

Heisig comment:

* The primitive meaning of sheep can add the further connotations given in the following frame. As we saw with the cow, the "tail" is cut off when it is set immediately over another element: ⺷. Note the change in stroke order, as exemplified in the following frame.

Koohii stories:

1) [dwhitman] 23-10-2007(127): Picture of a sheep run over by a steam roller. Must have been a ram, note the horns.

2) [dtstutz] 11-1-2008(26): Our Lord and King put on ears and a tail to become a lowly sheep for the slaughter.

3) [BooBooQ88] 15-5-2009(25): The horny king of the SHEEP had a huge erection.

4) [cbogart] 26-12-2006(17): (you might consider using something with a religious connotation when used as a primitive, like "lamb of god" or something, because sheep seems to appear in a lot of religious kanji).

5) [usis35] 16-2-2008(9): DO NOT CONFUSE these SHEEPS with the SHIPS in the OCEAN ( frame 549). The only difference is the water. 羊 洋 .

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