Memory phrase for the character: 洋

洋

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Meaning

ocean, western

Pronunciation

 YŌ

Explanation

 Left: water 氵, right: sheep 羊 (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

氵 waterThe radical sanzui 氵 is a short form of water 水
羊 sheepPictogram of a sheep from above with horns 丷 backbone 丨 and wool 三 extending to the sides.
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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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