羊

yang

sheep

Symbolizes a sheep with horns when one looks at it from the front.

样

yang

shape, appearance

manner, kind

式样 "design"; 花样  – "pattern" (lit. "flower model"

a wooden frame (木) with sheep wool (羊) stretched over as a standardized pattern

左

zuo

left

the left parties always offer their hand to the workers

差

cha

to differ from, difference; to lack

to be short of;

to err, error

a sheep (羊) cannot do a good work (工) - just make erros

目

mu

eye

the shape of an eye with a pupil

着

zhe/zhao

touch / postposition,...ing

sheep have bad eyesight, stand so close they touch each other

羔

gao

lamb

a baby sheep (羊) roasting and cooking over fire (灬) since the meat of a lamb is a high-quality food

米

mi

rice; meter

A cross (十) holds four grains (灬) of rice that fell from the harvest.

糕

gao

cake

rice 米¹³⁸[mǐ] + lamb 羔 [gāo]

This character depicts the image of offering rice cake (米) onto an alter like lamb (羔).