This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Reading

Kana: ヨウ
Romaji: you
Kana
Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: なだ、ひろ、ひろし、よ、よし
Romaji: nada, hiro, hiroshi, yo, yoshi
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Romaji

Meanings

ocean, western style

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  9
Radical Number:  85
Frequency:  763
Grade:  3
Skip Pattern:  1-3-6
Korean Reading:  yang
Chinese Reading:  yang2
Unicode:  6d0b
JIS:  4D4E

Indexes

Halpern Index: 392
Nelson Index: 2550
New Nelson Index: 3130
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3a6.19
Four Corner Index: 3815.1
Guide to Remembering Index: 404
Gakken Index: 366
Japanese Names Index: 822
Daikanwanjiten Index: 17363
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 6.1083
Remembering the kanji Index: 549
Busy People Index: 3.4
Kanji Way Index: 411
Kanji Flashcards Index: 209
Kodansha Compact Index: 1193
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 427
Kanji in Context Index: 917
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 292
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 353
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 555
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 588
Essential Kanji Index: 305
Kodansha Kanji Index: 468
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 355
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 526
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 348

Words

(なだ)
open sea
太平洋 (たいへいよう)
Pacific Ocean
東洋 (とうよう)
Orient
西洋 (せいよう)
the west; Western countries
大西洋 (たいせいよう)
Atlantic Ocean
(よう)
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western; European
巡洋艦 (じゅんようかん)
cruiser
海洋 (かいよう)
ocean
太平洋戦争 (たいへいようせんそう)
Pacific War (1941-1945)
洋画 (ようが)
Western painting; Western film; Western movie
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