ChiramiN4 kanji · 9 strokes
洋 means ocean, Western
洋
氵 water · 羊 sheep
洋Memory trick
Water as wide as a flock of sheep (羊): the ocean. Also: Western.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- ocean, sea, foreign, Western style
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 3 in Japan
From Chinese (onyomi) ヨウ you
ヨウ (you) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
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Common word
東洋 とうよう · touyou
the East, the Orient
Built from
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羊 Used in 25 kanji
See all 3 at N5 and N4丷 Used in 140 kanji
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What does 洋 mean?
Right: 洋 means ocean, Western.Not quite: 洋 means ocean, Western.In 東洋, 洋 is read よう. Which kind of reading is that?
Right. 東洋 is read とうよう (touyou): 洋 takes ヨウ, its reading from Chinese. It's the only reading 洋 has.Not quite. 東洋 is read とうよう (touyou): 洋 takes ヨウ, its reading from Chinese. It's the only reading 洋 has.