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) : phonetic 区 + semantic 欠.

Han character

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

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

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

Japanese

Shinjitai

 欧

Kyūjitai

 歐

Kanji
欧

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

  1. Europe

Readings

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

From Middle Chinese 歐 (MC ʔəu, ʔəuX), originally meaning “to vomit” (ʔəuX, 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).

Pronunciation

Affix

欧 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 歐, hiragana おう, rōmaji ō)

  1. Short for 欧羅巴 (Yōroppa, “Europe”).

Derived terms
Derived terms

Proper noun

欧 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 歐, hiragana おう, rōmaji Ō)

  1. Short for 欧羅巴 (Yōroppa, “Europe”).

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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