欧おう

See also: 歐おう

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

Translingual

Stroke order

Japanese	欧おう
Simplified	欧おう
Traditional	歐おう

Etymology

Simplified from 歐おう (區く → 区く). In current form, Phono-semantic compound (形聲けいせい／形声けいせい) : phonetic 区く () + semantic 欠かけ.

Han character

欧おう (Kangxi radical 76, 欠かけ+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 尸しかばね大弓だいきゅう人じん (SKNO), composition ⿰区く欠かけ)

Derived characters

• 𫪘, 𰎦

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 欧おう – see 歐おう (“Europe; European Union; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 歐おう).

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	欧おう
Kyūjitai	歐おう

Kanji

欧おう

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 歐おう)

1. Europe

Readings

• Go-on: う (u)
• Kan-on: おう (ō, Jōyō)
• Kun: はく (haku, 欧おうく)、うたう (utau, 欧おうう)^{←うたふ (utafu, 欧おうふ, historical)}

Etymology

Kanji in this term
欧おう
おう Grade: S
kan'on

Alternative spelling
歐おう (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 歐おう (MC 'uw|'uwX), originally meaning “to vomit” (ʔəu^X, modern Mandarin ǒu, Cantonese au²). Later taken from the first character of the transliteration 欧おう羅ら巴ともみ (Yōroppa, “Europe”), which is identified with ʔəu (modern Mandarin ōu, Cantonese au¹).

The 漢音かんおん (kan'on) reading, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おー [óꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ː]

Affix

欧おう(おう) • (ō) 

1. Short for ヨーロッパ／欧おう羅ら巴ともみ (Yōroppa, “Europe (a continent)”).

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 欧おう(おう)米べい(べい) (Ō-Bei): Europe and America; the West
• 欧おう(おう)州しゅう(しゅう) (Ōshū): Europe

Proper noun

欧おう(おう) • (Ō) 

1. Short for ヨーロッパ／欧おう羅ら巴ともみ (Yōroppa, “Europe (a continent)”).