Kanji1 / 9
洋 kanji
ocean, sea, foreign, Western style
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
ヨウ
Kun readings
NoneWords with 洋
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —太平洋艦隊Pacific fleet
- —海洋深層水deep ocean water; deep-sea water
- —生物海洋学marine biology; biological oceanography
- —東洋雛蝙蝠Asian particolored bat (Vespertilio sinensis)
- —西洋酸の木common bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus); blue whortleberry; European blueberry; bilberry; whortleberry; blueberry
- —西洋栃の木horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum); conker tree
- —装甲巡洋艦armored cruiser
- —水雷巡洋艦torpedo cruiser
- —防護巡洋艦protected cruiser
- —南洋マンタreef manta ray (Manta alfredi)
- —海洋考古学marine archaeology; underwater archaeology
- —西洋かぶれWestern affectations; excessively westernized person; wannabe Westerner
- —西洋古典学Western classical studies; classics
- —洋式トイレWestern-style toilet; sitting toilet
- —遠洋定期船ocean liner
- —擬洋風建築pseudo-Western architecture (of Meiji-period Japan)
- —太平洋沿岸Pacific coast
- —洋服お直しclothing alteration (esp. Western clothing); clothing repair
- —西洋哲学史A History of Western Philosophy
- —太平洋銀行(former) Pacific Bank (failed in 1996)