漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
欧: Europe
JLPT N28 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
欠 carries the meaning · 区 gives the sound
8 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
オウou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 欧州おうしゅうEurope
- 欧米おうべいEurope and America, the West
- 西欧せいおうWestern Europe
- 東欧とうおうEastern Europe
- 南欧なんおうSouthern Europe
- 北欧ほくおうNorthern Europe
Also read うたう, はく, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)區 (sound) + 欠 to yawn; to exhale (meaning)
To vomit (original form of 嘔).
Source: Wiktionary, 歐 (rev. 92944716), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Look at that wide-open mouth! Someone is either so tired they are yawning (akubi) or they are gasping because they are in a state of "lack."”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side欧 Europe · 欠
vs殴 assault · 殳In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 歐 · ōu
Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 欧. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 歐.
- Simplified
- 欧 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 歐 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin ōu most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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