Memory phrase for the Kanji: 洋
洋
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Meaning
ocean, foreign, vast
Pronunciation
yáng
Explanation
Left: water 氵, right: sheep 羊 (here: a rippled white wave like the wool of a sheep)
Mnemonic
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The water can ripple like sheep's (wool) in the vast ocean over which the foreign came.
Radicals
氵
water Simplified from this water 水
羊
sheep Image of a sheep from above with horns 丷 backbone 丨 and wool 三 extending to the sides.
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Vocabulary
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太平洋
Tài píng yáng
Pacific Ocean
洋妞
yáng niū
young foreign girl
洋槐树
yáng huái shù
black locust tree (Robinia pseudoacacia)
洋槐
yáng huái
black locust tree (Robinia pseudoacacia)
洋葱
yáng cōng
onion (Allium cepa); bulb onion
洋溢
yáng yì
brimming with; steeped in
汪洋
wāng yáng
vast body of water
北冰洋
Běi bīng yáng
Arctic ocean
大西洋
Dà xī yáng
Atlantic Ocean
北洋
běi yáng
the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning, Hebei, and Shandong
洋琵琶
yáng pí pá
mandolin
洋琵琶
yáng pí pá
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