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洋 = 水 + 羊

洋 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “ocean”. It is built from 水 (water) and 羊 (sheep). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 588.

Keyword
ocean
RTK frame
588
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ヨウ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
океан
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
洋 ocean

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 水 water
  2. 羊 sheep

How to find 洋 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “sheep”. 洋 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 洋 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.