# 洋 — Western Style

Frequency rank 691 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 財 (Wealth), less common than 算 (Calculate).

- On’yomi: よう
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 水 Water (Kangxi 85)
- Frequency path: Level VI of XX

A tsunami (氵) of water washes over a sheep (羊) — the sheep is caught in the western-style flood, a baptism by water.

In words:

- 洋服 ようふく — western-style clothes
- 西洋 せいよう — western countries
- 洋風 ようふう — western style

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