洋 — Chinese character
洋
yáng
sea, ocean; western, foreign
- Pinyin
- yáng
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 氵 羊
- Formation
- pictophonetic — water; meaning component 氵; sound component 羊
- Japanese
- 洋 as a kanji
Common words with 洋
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 海洋 | hǎi yáng | ocean |
| 大洋 | dà yáng | ocean; (old) silver dollar |
| 洋葱 (洋蔥) | yáng cōng | onion (Allium cepa); bulb onion |
| 巡洋舰 (巡洋艦) | xún yáng jiàn | cruiser (warship); battle cruiser |
| 洋人 | yáng rén | foreigner; (esp.) Westerner |
| 远洋 (遠洋) | yuǎn yáng | distant seas; the open ocean (far from the coast) |
| 汪洋 | wāng yáng | vast body of water; measure word: 片 (piàn) |
| 洋行 | yáng háng | (old) foreign firm |
| 洋溢 | yáng yì | brimming with; steeped in |
| 洋务 (洋務) | yáng wù | foreign affairs (in Qing times); foreign learning |
| 洋流 | yáng liú | ocean current |
| 洋房 | yáng fáng | Western-style house |
English words written with 洋
洋 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 2 · Mencius 2 · Zhuangzi 3 · Doctrine of the Mean 5
- Analects 8.15
- Mencius 5A.2
- Zhuangzi The Universe
- Zhuangzi Autumn Floods
- The Doctrine of the Mean Passage 16
- The Doctrine of the Mean Passage 28
- The Doctrine of the Mean Passage 32
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