羔

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Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 羊 (“caprid”) + 灬 (“fire”) – a lamb being cooked on a fire. The definition may have come from animals like lambs being apt for cooking and eating. According to the Shuowen Jiezi, phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kluː): semantic 羊 + abbreviated phonetic 照 (OC *tjews).

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