洋
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ocean; vast; foreign; silver dollar or coin
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Dict coverage rank #344 U+6D0B
How 洋 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 (semantic, “water”) + 羊 (phonetic, yáng)
How to remember it
ocean · Heisig RSH #530
水 water + 羊 sheep
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 羊
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 羊 (yáng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 羊 sound component | yáng | sheep, goat |
| 养 | yǎng | to raise, to rear, to bring up; to support |
| 样 | yàng | form, pattern, shape, style |
| 氧 | yǎng | oxygen |
| 鲜 | xiān | fresh; delicious; attractive |
| 祥 | xiáng | happiness, good fortune; auspicious |
| 痒 | yǎng | to itch; to tickle |
| 详 | xiáng | complete, detailed, thorough |
| 翔 | xiáng | to soar, to hover, to glide |
| 羌 | qiāng | Qiang nationality; surname |
| 恙 | yàng | illness, sickness; indisposition |
| 羟 | qiǎng | hydroxide |
| 佯 | yáng | to pretend, to feign; false, deceitful |
| 徉 | yáng | to wander, to stray, to roam; to hesitate |
| 烊 | yáng | to smelt; to close for the night |
| 庠 | xiáng | village school; teach |
| 羰 | tāng | carbonyl group |
| 蛘 | yáng | rice weevil |
Words containing 洋
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 南洋理工大学 | Nán yáng Lǐ gōng Dà xué | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
| 大西洋国 | Dà xī yáng guó | Historical name for Portugal during the Qing dynasty |
| 洋大人 | yáng dà rén | (derog.) foreigner treated as superior; privileged Westerner |
| 海洋学 | hǎi yáng xué | oceanography |
| 大西洋 | Dà xī yáng | Atlantic Ocean |
| 西洋人 | xī yáng rén | Westerner |
| 海洋性 | hǎi yáng xìng | maritime |
| 山口洋 | Shān kǒu yáng | Singkawang city (Kalimantan, Indonesia) |
| 北大西洋 | Běi Dà xī yáng | North Atlantic |
| 南大洋 | Nán Dà yáng | Southern Ocean |
| 联合国海洋法公约 | Lián hé guó Hǎi yáng fǎ Gōng yuē | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
| 广东海洋大学 | Guǎng dōng Hǎi yáng Dà xué | Guangdong Ocean University |
| 下西洋 | xià Xī yáng | to sail west (from China) (used in reference to the 15th century voyages of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和… |
| 大洋龙 | dà yáng lóng | halisaurus |
| 出洋相 | chū yáng xiàng | to make a fool of oneself |
| 国家海洋局 | Guó jiā Hǎi yáng jú | State Oceanic Administration (PRC) |
| 西太平洋 | xī Tài píng Yáng | the western Pacific Ocean |
| 大洋 | dà yáng | ocean; (old) silver dollar; (slang) Chinese yuan |
| 洋人 | yáng rén | foreigner; (esp.) Westerner |
| 洋县 | Yáng Xiàn | Yang County or Yangxian, a county in Hanzhong City 漢中市|汉中市[Han4 zhong1 Shi4], Shaanxi |