Chinese Character Wiki
羔

gāo

lamb

Depicts lamb (羊) meat being cooked over a fire (灬).

Components
羊 iconic component

羊  Iconic component

yáng

  

sheep

灬 iconic component

灬  Iconic component

biāo, huǒ

  

fire

灬 is a component form of 火.

Evolution

羔 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
羔 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
羔 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
羔 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

羔  

gāo

lamb, kid; lamb

Most common words with 羔
Freq.
Word
Meaning

羔羊

sheep

羊羔

lamb

羔

lamb

羔皮

lambskin

代罪羔羊

scapegoat

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

窯 羹

Sound component in 3 characters (1 verified)

糕 窯 蓔

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.6910% of movies

2803rd most common character in movies

3604th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+7F94

Shuowen

“羔，羊子也。从羊，照省聲。”


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