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Kanji Detail for 洋 - "ocean, western"

洋

  • Meaning

    洋 means "ocean, western." Also associated with vast.

    1. Ocean - A vast body of water.

    2. Western - Relating to the West.

    3. Vast - Immense; widespread.

  • Words using 洋

    • 東洋 とうよう Listen the East; the Orient; (East) Asia
    • 海洋 かいよう Listen ocean; sea
    • 大西洋 たいせいよう Listen Atlantic Ocean
    • 西洋 せいよう Listen the West; the Occident; Western countries
    • 太平洋戦争 たいへいようせんそう Listen Pacific War (1941-1945)
    • 大洋 たいよう Listen ocean
    • 洋服 ようふく Listen Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
    • 洋画 ようが Listen Western painting; Western film; Western movie

  • Four-character idioms with 洋

    • 和洋折衷 わようせっちゅう Listen blending of Japanese and Western styles
    • 和魂洋才 わこんようさい Listen Japanese spirit with Western learning

  • Tattoo check: 洋

    • Verified meaning: ocean, western
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あきら, うみ, おおみ, なだ)
    • Also carries these associations: vast

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 洋

    Given names 洋(うみ)Listen 洋(おおみ)Listen 洋(はるか)Listen 洋(ひろし)Listen 洋(ひろみ)Listen 洋(ひろむ)Listen 洋(ふかし)Listen 洋(よう)Listen

    Surnames 洋(あきら)Listen 洋(なだ)Listen 洋(ひろ)Listen 洋(ゆたか)Listen

  • Compare with other kanji that mean the same thing:

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    ocean; sea; foreign; Western style

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    ocean, sea; foreign; western

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    ocean; vast; foreign; silver dollar or coin

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    sea, ocean; western, foreign

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Large bodies of water are called 洋 (ocean). On Earth there are three great oceans: the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Indian Ocean. | 洋洋 (Yang-yang). A flowing and overflowing meaning. As in describing abundant writing and speech as 洋洋灑灑. | Colloquially, foreign countries are called 洋. As in foreigners (洋人), foreign goods (洋貨). | Foreign silver coins are called 洋錢 (foreign money). Also abbreviated as 洋.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    yoh(ヨウ) ヨウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    ocean western vast abundant expansive sea shore broad deep foreign great huge large maritime nautical saltwater occidental

Sentences including 洋

  • Yoko bought some of them.

  • Foreign books are sold at the shop.

  • That dress matches her red hair.

  • He went abroad two years ago.

  • People from the east do not look at things the same as we do.

  • Soon he needed new clothes.

  • That's a beautiful dress.

  • Yoko speaks english , doesn't she?

  • She can make her own dresses.

  • The red hat blends well with your dress.

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