Chinese Character 洋 Meanings and components.

Form

洋

Meaning

洋 meaning[3] in English

Ocean.

Vast.

Foreign.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 洋 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and surname Yang (羊)

Its radical[1] is: 水 (shui3) which means: Surname Shui, .水shui3surname Shui

In cangjie it is written with ETQ

How to write 洋

To write洋yang2ocean you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 羊yang2surname Yang arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 羊 = 洋

洋 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 洋 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 洋, looks as follow:

洋
Pinyin:yang2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Ocean . Vast . Foreign . Silver Dollar Or Coin
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
羊
Pinyin:yang2
Meaning[3]: Surname Yang

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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