洋 — yang

Parts that make up 洋

How 洋 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 洋 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 羊.

Korean example words with 洋

• 양총洋銃 Korean gloss: 서양식의 총
• 척양斥洋 Korean gloss: 서양을 배척함
• 양국洋國 Korean gloss: 서양의 여러 나라
• 양관洋館 Korean gloss: 서양식으로 지은 집
• 양복洋服 Korean gloss: 남성의 서양식 정장
• 양실洋室 Korean gloss: 서양식으로 꾸민 방
• 양옥洋屋 Korean gloss: 서양식으로 지은 집
• 양제洋制 Korean gloss: 서양식 제도나 격식
• 양식洋式 Korean gloss: 서양의 양식이나 격식
• 양식洋食 Korean gloss: 서양식 음식이나 식사
• 양약洋藥 Korean gloss: 서양 의술로 만든 약
• 양인洋人 Korean gloss: 서양 여러 나라의 사람

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 洋

• 太平洋たいへいよう Pacific Ocean
• 東洋とうよう the East; the Orient; (East) Asia
• 海洋かいよう ocean; sea
• 大西洋たいせいよう Atlantic Ocean
• 西洋せいよう the West; the Occident; Western countries
• 太平洋戦争たいへいようせんそう Pacific War (1941-1945)
• 大洋たいよう ocean
• 洋画ようが Western painting; Western film; Western movie
• 洋服ようふく Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
• 洋上ようじょう on the sea; on the ocean; offshore
• 南氷洋なんひょうよう Antarctic Ocean
• 洋楽ようがく Western music; European music

Characters sharing the phonetic 羊

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “양”

Other hanja with radical 水