JLPT N4 · 9 strokes
Kanji 洋: "ocean, sea, foreign"
The kanji 洋 means "ocean, sea, foreign, Western style". It is written with 9 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N4, read ヨウ in on'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ヨウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
no recorded reading
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | ocean, sea, foreign, Western style |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 9 |
| JLPT level | N4 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 3 |
| Frequency rank | 763 of 2,501 |
Common words with 洋
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 洋杯glass (drinking vessel); tumbler · cups (suit)
- 洋服Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
- 西洋the West; the Occident; Western countries
- 東洋the East; the Orient; (East) Asia · Japan
- 洋Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident) · ocean; sea
- 洋館Western-style house (esp. one built in the Meiji or Taisho periods)
- 太平洋Pacific Ocean
- 洋風Western style
- 洋食Western food; Western dish; Western cooking · Japanized Western cuisine
- 海洋ocean; sea
- 西洋人Western person; Westerner
- 東洋人Asian person; Oriental
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