洋 – ocean, sea, foreign

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The kanji 洋 means ocean, sea, foreign, Western style. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヨウ (you). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヨウ	you

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 王・汁・并・羊.

Words using 洋

洋服ようふくWestern-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)西洋せいようthe West東洋とうようthe East海洋かいようocean洋品店ようひんてんshop that handles Western-style apparel and accessories洋風ようふうWestern style

Example sentences

お前に新しい洋服を作ってあげよう。

I will make a new suit for you.

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それらは西洋の風呂よりずっといいです。

They are much better than Western baths.

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東洋の陶器に興味があります。

I have an interest in oriental ceramics.

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Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

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