Additional information about 羊
說文解字:
- Criteria
- REPLACE
1. The current general word for replacing one thing with another is yì 易, "to exchange", which is also often used to refer to replacing one thing with another 以羊易之 "replace it with a sheep".dài 代.
2. Gēng 更 refers to replacing something and changing it into something new.
3. Dài 代 can refer to any deliberate or non-deliberate replacement of one thing by another, but the replacement tends to be conceived of as reversible.
- OVINE
1. Yáng 羊 is the general word referring indifferently to what in English is a sheep, a goat, or a ram.
2. Gāo 羔 refers to a young goat or sheep.
3. Zāng 牂 refers to a female goat or sheep.
4. Yú 妤羭 is a colloquialism for a goat or a sheep.
5. Jié 羯 castrated sheep.
NB: According to ERYA fán 羳 refers to a goat/sheep with yellow belly, and goats/sheep with curved horns are called guǐ 觤 (ERYA). Fèn 羒 refers to a male goat or sheep.
ERYA （三）羊屬。
19·28 羊，牡羒，牝牂。
19·29 夏羊，牡羭，牝羖。
19·30 角不齊，觤；角三觠，羷。
19·31 羳羊，黃腹。
19·32 未成羊，羜。
- MEAT
1. The current general word for meat as something edible is ròu 肉.
2. Xīng 腥 refers to raw meat.
3. Niú 牛 is sometimes used to refer to beef.
4. Yáng 羊 is sometimes used to refer to mutton.