欧

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

Translingual
Stroke order
8 strokes
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)

Derived characters

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 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
Alternative spelling
歐 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 歐 (MC 'uw|'uwX), 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).

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

Pronunciation

Affix

欧(おう) • (ō) 

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

Derived terms
Derived terms

Proper noun

欧(おう) • (Ō) 

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

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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