Memory phrase for the Kanji: 洋


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Meaning ocean, western

Pronunciation


Explanation

Left: water , right: sheep (here: white rippled wave with a white crest like wool of a sheep)

Mnemonic


 
The water ripples like sheep's (wool) in the ocean. [over which the Western came]

Radicals

waterThe radical sanzui is a short form of water
sheepPicture of the face of a sheep with two horns.
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 Vocabulary

 海洋  かいよう  ocean
 東洋  とうよう  Orient
 洋服  ようふく  Western-style clothes
 洋風  ようふう  western style
 西洋  せいよう  the west, Western countries
 洋品店  ようひんてん  shop which handles Western-style apparel and accessories

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