洋 — ocean, Western, sea
よう
洋
ocean
よう
U+6D0B
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #763
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #549
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
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Meanings
- ocean
- Western
- sea
Readings
- On'yomi
- よう you
word
よう you On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
Words by frequency and grade
23 wordsEach dot is a word containing 洋: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 14 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.
Components
Composed of
Phono-semantic compound (形声). 氵 (water) provides the meaning — vast water. 羊 (yō, sheep) gives the sound. The ocean. Later extended to mean Western/foreign.