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洋

Ocean, Western
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingヨウ
JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 3Level 11

Meanings

  1. ocean, Western
  2. oceanRtK
  3. sea
  4. foreign
  5. western style
  1. open sea

Popular Usage

洋服西洋海洋

Radicals and components

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Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · sheep (羊)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 588

Compound words

洋服ようふく
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
西洋せいよう
the West; the Occident; Western countries
海洋かいよう
ocean; sea
茫洋ぼうよう
vast
東洋とうよう
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
洋画ようが
Western painting; Western film; Western movie
洋楽ようがく
Western music; European music
洋間ようま
Western-style room
洋裁ようさい
(Western) dressmaking
洋式ようしき
Western-style; foreign; Western-style toilet; flush toilet; water closet
洋室ようしつ
Western-style room
洋酒ようしゅ
Western wine and spirits; Western liquor
洋書ようしょ
Western book
洋食ようしょく
Western food; Western dish; Western cooking; Japanized Western cuisine
洋風ようふう
Western style
外洋がいよう
open sea; ocean
大洋たいよう
ocean
洋上ようじょう
on the sea; on the ocean; offshore
西洋人せいようじん
Western person; Westerner
太平洋たいへいよう
Pacific Ocean
大西洋たいせいよう
Atlantic Ocean
南氷洋なんひょうよう
Antarctic Ocean
和洋折衷わようせっちゅう
blending of Japanese and Western styles
太平洋戦争たいへいようせんそう
Pacific War (1941-1945)

Additional Examples

彼は東洋芸術のかなりの専門家だ。
He is something of an expert on oriental art.tatoeba
彼は東洋の神秘に興味を持っていた。
He was interested in the mysteries of the Orient.tatoeba
彼は東洋の国々の文化を研究していた。
He has studied the cultures of Eastern Countries.tatoeba
彼は太平洋を横断する企てに失敗した。
He failed in the attempt to sail across the Pacific Ocean.tatoeba
洋服の多くは筒袖である。
Most sleeves of Western clothing are Tsutsusode.wiki
和服に洋服のような開襟はない。
Wafuku are not open-necked like some of Western clothing.wiki

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Ocean; Western. 氵 (water) + 羊 (sheep, abundance) — vast water. Western things came across it: 洋服 Western clothes.Also known as “Western Style”

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 洋

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