洋

Meaning

Ocean, Western · océano, occidental

Readings

• On (音読み): ヨウ
• Kun (訓読み): —

Example words

• 洋服（ようふく）— Western-style clothes
• 太平洋（たいへいよう）— Pacific Ocean
• 洋食（ようしょく）— Western food

Structure

Radical 水 written as 氵 here (スイ・みず · Water; canonical form of 氵) · 9 strokes · school grade 3

Watch out

洋～ = Western (across the ocean): 洋服, 洋食, 洋楽. 和～ = Japanese: 和食, 和室.