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ocean

HSK 6 N3
yáng
ヨウ
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 羊 represents the sound.
Components
Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
Phonetic component
yáng sheep
sheep, goat
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[yáng]
ocean; vast; foreign; silver dollar or coin
Japanese
なだ 同音
noun open sea
よう 同音
  1. noun Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident)
  2. noun ocean; sea
  3. prefix foreign; Western; European
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
あきら
Akira unclassified name
うみ
Umi female given name
おおみ
Oomi given name
なだ
Nada surname
はるか
Haruka female given name
ひろ
Hiro unclassified name
ひろし
Hiroshi surnamegiven name
ひろみ
Hiromi given name
ひろむ
Hiromu given name
ふかし
Fukashi given name
ゆたか
Yutaka unclassified name
よう
surnamegiven name
よういち
Yōichi unclassified name
ようじ
Yōji unclassified name