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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N4

763 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: ocean, sea, foreign, Western style

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: ヨウ

Composition: 氵 羊

洋

Radical

Radical: 水

Reading: さんずい

Meaning: water

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

西洋(せいよう)   the west

東洋(とうよう)   East Asia

洋服(ようふく)   Western-style clothes

洋式(ようしき)   Western style

洋食(ようしょく)   Western-style meal

太平洋(たいへいよう)   Pacific Ocean

大西洋(たいせいよう)   Atlantic Ocean

Onyomi Examples

洋 (ヨウ) Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident), ocean, sea, foreign, Western, European

洋画 (ヨウガ) Western painting, Western film, Western movie

南氷洋 (ナンヒョウヨウ) Antarctic Ocean

環太平洋 (カンタイヘイヨウ) Pacific Rim

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