Japanese Kanji
洋you
ocean · sea · foreign
Grade 3 · JLPT N3 · 9 strokes
Ocean, sea, foreign, Western style.
洋 is part of the elementary school jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N3 (intermediate) level. With 9 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.
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