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Definition 2024


東洋

東洋

See also: 东洋

Chinese

east foreign; ocean
trad. (東洋)
simp. (东洋)

Proper noun

東洋

  1. Japan (from the Chinese perspective)
  2. the Orient, Asia; East Asia

Synonyms


Japanese

Kanji in this term
とう
Grade: 2
よう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

東洋 (hiragana とうよう, romaji tōyō)

  1. the Orient, Asia

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja in this term

Proper noun

東洋 (Dong-yang) (hangeul 동양)

  1. Hanja form? of 동양, “the Orient, Asia”.