Onyomi: ヨウ · Kunyomi: - · Meanings: Western style, foreign, ocean, sea
Kanji for western style, foreign, ocean, sea
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The kanji 洋 combines the water radical (氵) with the character 羊 (sheep) to represent the vast, flowing nature of the ocean. In ancient times, it symbolized large bodies of water, especially the Western seas. 洋 came to mean ocean, Western style, or things foreign, reflecting both the vastness of water and the concept of wide, open spaces.
Water stretching endlessly — 洋 means ocean, the vast and open sea, or foreign/Western style.
Picture the endless waves of the ocean stretching wide — that’s 洋, the kanji for ocean and vastness.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 灘 | なだ | open sea | common Noun |
| 洋 | よう | Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident) | Noun |
| 洋服 | ようふく | Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes) | common JLPT-N5 Noun |
| 洋袴 | ズボン | trousers, pants | common JLPT-N5 Noun |
| 洋食 | ようしょく | Western food, Western dish, Western cooking | common Noun |
| 洋書 | ようしょ | Western book | common Noun |
| 洋裁 | ようさい | (Western) dressmaking | common Noun |
| 洋式 | ようしき | Western-style, foreign | common Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun |
| 洋行 | ようこう | overseas travel (to Western countries), going abroad (to study or travel) | Noun, Suru verb |
| 洋館 | ようかん | Western-style house (esp. one built in the Meiji or Taisho periods) | Noun |