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Western Style Ocean Western Style Water Jason 洋 ヨウ

Kanji
Onyomi ヨウ
Nanori なだ, ひろ, ひろし, よ, よし
English ocean, western style
Examples 東洋(とうよう): Orient
海洋(かいよう): ocean
西洋(せいよう): the west; Western countries
洋服(ようふく): Western-style clothes (cf traditional Japanese clothes)
洋風(ようふう): Western style
洋品店(ようひんてん): shop which handles Western-style apparel and accessories
JLPT Level 4
Jouyou Grade 3
Frequency 763
Components 水: water
羊: sheep
Number of Strokes 9
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 85
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading みず・したみず・さんずい
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword ocean
Koohii Story 1 This kanji refers to the waters of the Pasheephic ocean.
Koohii Story 2 Remember the story of Jason and the Argonauts from Greek myth? Jason travelled across oceans of water in order to recover the fleece of a certain sheep.
RTK Index 549

Tags: jlpt.n4, grade3, kanjifreq751-1000, kanji_nature_landscape

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