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洋

ocean
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingヨウ
JōyōGrade 3

Popular Usage

洋服西洋海洋

Radicals and components

Radical水waterComponents

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
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)

Stroke Order

9 strokes

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