洋yáng
Western, foreign. 9 strokes, radical 氵, first met in HSK 6.
What 洋 is made of
氵 (shuǐ, water) and 羊 (yáng, sheep).
氵 carries the meaning — water — and 羊 carries the sound.
How to write 洋
Strokes 1–3 write 氵, then strokes 4–9 write 羊.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 洋
Words that use 洋
| 洋 | Western, foreign 指外国来的 眼看就要开始正式演奏，台上摆着一架洋琴。A Western zither stood on the stage. Lesson 669, 宴会演奏 · 行稳致远与宏图大展 · Prudent Governance & Grand Strategy |
| 海洋 | ocean 指广阔的海域水体 科考队潜入万米海底探测海洋奥秘。The team dove to the seabed to explore the ocean's mysteries. Lesson 589, 向海图强 · 沧海横流与大国重器 · Navigating Turbulent Waters & Pillars of Industry |
Characters that share the sound part 羊
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 氵
All 75 of them, and what the radical means, on the 氵 radical page.