Chinese symbol for “wether”
羯羊
jié yáng
wether (castrated ram)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for wether is 羯羊 (jié yáng), defined as: wether (castrated ram).
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 羯羊.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 羯鼓 | jié gǔ | double-ended skin drum with a narrow waist |
| 羯磨 | jié mó | karma (loanword) |
| 羯鼓催花 | jié gǔ cuī huā | drumming to make apricots flower, cf joke by Tang Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, playing the drum in apricot blossom |
| 山羊 | shān yáng | goat; (gymnastics) small-sized vaulting horse |
| 羊毛 | yáng máo | wool; fleece |
| 羊肉 | yáng ròu | mutton; goat meat |
| 羔羊 | gāo yáng | sheep; lamb |
| 绵羊 (綿羊) | mián yáng | sheep |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.