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羊偏 (ひつじへん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

羊ひつじ偏へん

Meanings

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noun

kanji 'sheep' radical at left

Refers to the kanji radical 羊 when it appears on the left side of a character, as in 羚 or 羯. Used in discussions of kanji structure.

「羚れい」の左ひだり側がわの部ぶ分ぶんは羊ひつじ偏へんと呼よばれます。
The left part of '羚' is called the 'sheep radical at left'.

Kanji

羊sheep
偏partial, side, left-side radical

Similar words

羊ひつじ
羊 is the standalone word for 'sheep', while 羊偏 specifically names the radical form used on the left side of kanji.

Etymology

Compound of 羊 (ひつじ, 'sheep') and 偏 (へん, 'left-side radical'). The term describes the radical shape derived from 羊 when it appears as the left component in characters.