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洋

Level VI of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 691 / 2,608

Western Style

On’yomi
よう
Kun’yomi
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Radical
水 Water (Kangxi 85)

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

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

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 clothesN5
西洋 せいよう western countriesN4
洋風 ようふう western styleN1

洋 is rank 691 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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