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
彼はいつもおしゃれな洋服を着ている。

He always wears fashionable Western clothes.

西洋 せいよう
彼は西洋の歴史に深い関心を持っている。

He has a deep interest in Western history.

古典 こてん
シェイクスピアの作品は西洋文学の古典の一つです。

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

洋館 ようかん
街の静かな一角に、明治時代に建てられた古い洋館が残っている。

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

不気味 ぶきみ
古い洋館の窓から、不気味な影がこちらを見ていた。

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

東洋 とうよう
彼は東洋の歴史に詳しい。

He is knowledgeable about East Asian history.

易経 えききょう
易経は、古来から東洋の知恵の結晶として、多くの思想家や政治家に影響を与えてきた。

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
太平洋は世界で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
旅客機が太平洋の上空を飛行している。

The passenger plane is flying over the Pacific Ocean.

洋食 ようしょく
今日の夕食は洋食にしましょう。

Let's have Western food for dinner today.

Example Vocabulary

洋服

ようふく

Western-style clothes

西洋

せいよう

the West; the Occident; Western countries

洋

よう

洋館

ようかん

Western-style building; Western-style house

東洋

とうよう

the Orient; the East

洋風

ようふう

太平洋

たいへいよう

Pacific Ocean

洋食

ようしょく

Western-style food; Western cuisine

洋菓子

ようがし

海洋

かいよう

ocean, sea

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