East Asia
The eastern region of Asia comprising China, Korea, Japan, Mongolia, and Taiwan, also treated as a cultural sphere shaped by shared Chinese characters and Confucian influence.
The Chinese character '羊,' read as 'yang' (meaning "sheep"), likely depicts a goat instead. When it was created, goats were far more common in East Asia. The "Year of the Sheep" in the Chinese zodiac was originally closer to the Year of the Goat.
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