欧

See also: 歐

欧 U+6B27, 欧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B27 ← 欦 [U+6B26] CJK Unified Ideographs 欨 → [U+6B28]

Translingual

Stroke order

Japanese	欧
Simplified	欧
Traditional	歐

Etymology

Simplified from 歐 (區 → 区). In current form, Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): phonetic 区 + semantic 欠.

Han character

欧 (Kangxi radical 76, 欠+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 尸大弓人 (SKNO), composition ⿰区欠)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 566, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16024
• Dae Jaweon: page 955, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2135, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6B27

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 欧 – see 歐 (“Europe; European Union; etc.”). (This character, 欧, is the simplified form of 歐.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai	欧
Kyūjitai	歐

Kanji

欧

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 歐)

1. Europe

Readings

• Go-on: う (u)
• Kan-on: おう (ō, Jōyō)
• Kun: はく (haku, 欧く); うたう (utau, 欧う)^{←うたふ (utafu, 欧ふ, historical)}

Etymology

Kanji in this term
欧
おう Grade: S
kan’on

Alternative spelling
歐 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 歐 (MC 'uw|'uwX), originally meaning “to vomit” (ʔəu^X, modern Mandarin ǒu, Cantonese au²). Later taken from the first character of the transliteration 欧羅巴 (Yōroppa, “Europe”), which is identified with ʔəu (modern Mandarin ōu, Cantonese au¹).

The 漢音 (kan'on) reading, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) お​ー [óꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ː]

Affix

欧(おう) • (ō) 

1. Short for ヨーロッパ／欧羅巴 (Yōroppa, “Europe (a continent)”).

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 欧(おう)米(べい) (Ō-Bei): Europe and America; the West
• 欧(おう)州(しゅう) (Ōshū): Europe

Proper noun

欧(おう) • (Ō) 

1. Short for ヨーロッパ／欧羅巴 (Yōroppa, “Europe (a continent)”).