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洋 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「氵」

道
8Elementary year 3 ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
On
ヨウよう · yō
Kun
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Meaning
ocean, Western

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

氵 (sea) + 羊 (phonetic 'yō') — a very wide sea, the 'ocean'.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onヨウようyō洋楽ようがく洋風ようふう海洋かいよう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 太平洋たいへいよう

    Pacific Ocean

  • 洋服ようふく

    Western clothes

More words with this kanji

  • 洋裁ようさい
  • 汪洋おうよう
  • 洸洋こうよう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

船(ふね)で 太平(たいへい)洋(よう)を わたります。

We cross the Pacific Ocean by ship.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

太平洋太平洋洋服洋太thick平flat服clothe…決decide注pour泳swim波wave油oil羊sheep陽sun葉leaf様manner幺tiny
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 氵Map of reading ヨウAll maps

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