Memory phrase for the character: 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
 
The water can ripple like sheep's (wool) in the vast ocean over which the foreign came.

Radicals

氵 waterSimplified from this water 水
羊 sheepImage of a sheep from above with horns 丷 backbone 丨 and wool 三 extending to the sides.




 Vocabulary

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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