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Keyword
sheep
Info
FrequencyTop 1500-1600
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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KankenLevel 8
Heisig586
Readings
よう
(28%)
ぎ
(14%)
Composed of
丷
horns
三
three
丨
stick
Mnemonic

A pictograph of a ram — a male sheep — behind a fence. Since the fence is in the way you can only see its horns.

Used in kanji (17 in total)
達
accomplished
遅
slow
群
a pack (e.g. of dogs)
詳
detailed
13 more...
Used in vocabulary (121 in total)
sheep (Ovis aries)
goat
parchment
118 more...
Examples (42 in total)
There's a black sheep in every flock.
He owns a good few sheep.
I am a sheep. You are a sheep. We are sheep.
I saw a flock of sheep.
Two sheep were killed by a wolf.
It is time to feed the sheep.
Sheep are raised for their wool and meat.
Sheep eat grass.
We will be able to raise cows and sheep, too.
This cheese is made from sheep's milk.
Wherever Mary goes, the sheep follows her.
What do you call a man who takes care of sheep in the field?
Is this goat cheese?
Horse, lion, dog, goat: these are animals.
Their job is to shear the sheep.
Tom's uncle keeps a lot of sheep.
Tom closed his eyes and began to count sheep.
Tom has sheep.
This isn't a sheep. It's a goat.
There were six sheep in the field.
These garments are made of 100 percent wool.
Australia exports a lot of wool.
Mr. Brown is a wool merchant.
The people followed the dictator like so many sheep.
My father's work is to buy wool.
The lamb was killed by the wolf.
Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world!
Sheep provide us with wool.
I prefer mutton to beef.
He's a wolf in sheep's clothing.
The sheep were grazing in the meadow.
These clouds look like a flock of white sheep.
I caught sight of a flock of sheep in the forest.
The lambs were slaughtered for market.
New Zealand is a country of sheep and cows.
He can not tell a sheep from a goat.
They say amniotic fluid has roughly the same composition as sea water.
Lambs are very cute.
Does the green sheep speak Esperanto?
This cheese is made from goat's milk.
Tom is a Capricorn.
We're Capricorns.