Kanji

洋

ocean, sea, foreign, Western style

Kanji

Grade

Grade 3

Strokes

9 strokes

Radical

水部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ヨウ

Nanori (Name Reading)

うみ, きよ, なみ, ひろ, ひろし, み

Common Readings

ヨウ

Example sentences

洋服 ようふく
いつも おしゃれ 洋服 着ている

He always wears fashionable Western clothes.

西洋 せいよう
西洋 歴史 深い 関心 持っている

He has a deep interest in Western history.

古典 こてん
シェイクスピア 作品 西洋 文学 古典 一つ です

Shakespeare's works are one of the classics of Western literature.

洋館 ようかん
静か 一角 明治時代 建てられた 古い 洋館 残っている

In a quiet corner of town, an old Western-style building built in the Meiji era remains.

不気味 ぶきみ
古い 洋館 から 不気味な こちら 見ていた

An eerie shadow was looking this way from the window of the old Western-style house.

東洋 とうよう
東洋 歴史 詳しい

He is knowledgeable about East Asian history.

易経 えききょう
易経 古来 から 東洋 知恵 結晶 として 多く 思想家 政治家 影響 与えてきた

The I Ching has influenced many thinkers and politicians since ancient times as the crystallization of Eastern wisdom.

太平洋 たいへいよう
太平洋 世界 最も 大きな 海洋 である

The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the world.

飛行 ひこう
旅客機 太平洋 上空 飛行 している

The passenger plane is flying over the Pacific Ocean.

洋食 ようしょく
今日 夕食 洋食 しましょう

Let's have Western food for dinner today.

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