洋 — kanji meaning “ocean”
洋
ocean, sea, foreign, Western style
- Meanings
- ocean, sea, foreign, Western style
- On'yomi
- ヨウ (you)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Name readings
- なだ、ひろ、ひろし、よ、よし
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #763 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 85
- Chinese reading
- yáng — Chinese character page
Words with 洋
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 西洋 | せいよう seiyou | the West; the Occident; Western countries |
| 東洋 | とうよう touyou | the East; the Orient; (East) Asia |
| 洋服 | ようふく youfuku | Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes) |
| 海洋 | かいよう kaiyou | ocean; sea |
| 洋画 | ようが youga | Western painting |
| 太平洋 | たいへいよう taiheiyou | Pacific Ocean |
| 洋食 | ようしょく youshoku | Western food; Western dish; Western cooking |
| 洋風 | ようふう youfuu | Western style |
| 洋式 | ようしき youshiki | Western-style; foreign |
| 洋楽 | ようがく yougaku | Western music; European music |
| 洋酒 | ようしゅ youshu | Western wine and spirits; Western liquor |
| 大洋 | たいよう taiyou | ocean |
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