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Translingual
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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). |
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Japanese
Kanji
欧
(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 歐)
- Europe
Readings
Etymology
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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 • (ō)
- Short for ヨーロッパ／欧羅巴 (Yōroppa, “Europe (a continent)”).
Derived terms
Proper noun
欧 • (Ō)
- Short for ヨーロッパ／欧羅巴 (Yōroppa, “Europe (a continent)”).
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