歐

歐 (Kangxi radical 76, 欠+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 尸口弓人 (SRNO), four-corner 7778₂, composition ⿰區欠)

• 䥲 𡂿 𥗄 𧞨 𤮥

• 欧

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 571, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16185
• Dae Jaweon: page 959, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2149, character 12
• Unihan data for U+6B50

Historical forms of the character 歐
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qoː, *qoːʔ) : phonetic 區 (OC *qoː, *kʰo) + semantic 欠 (“to yawn; to exhale”) – to vomit (original form of 嘔).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

歐

1. Short for 歐羅巴／欧罗巴 (Ōuluóbā, “Europe”).

   歐洲／欧洲  ―  Ōuzhōu  ―  Europe

   東歐／东欧  ―  Dōng-Ōu  ―  Eastern Europe

   歐化／欧化  ―  ōuhuà  ―  to Europeanise

2. Short for 歐盟／欧盟 (Ōuméng, “European Union”).

   英歐關係／英欧关系  ―  Yīng Ōu guānxì  ―  UK-EU relationship

3. Short for 歐元／欧元 (ōuyuán, “euro”).

   二十歐／二十欧  ―  èrshí ōu  ―  twenty euros

4. Short for 歐姆／欧姆 (ōumǔ, “ohm”).
5. Alternative form of 謳／讴 (ōu, “to sing”)
6. Alternative form of 毆／殴 (ōu, “to beat; to strike”)
7. a surname

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02062
• “歐”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 欧)

1. Europe

• Go-on: う (u)
• Kan-on: おう (ō)
• Kun: うたう (utau, 歐う)^{←うたふ (utafu, 歐ふ, historical)}; はく (haku, 歐く)

From a corrupted or unorthodox reading. The original reading is 우 (u) based on Middle Chinese 歐 (MC 'uw).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ku]
• Phonetic hangul: [구]

Wikisource 歐 (eumhun 구라파 구 (gurapa gu))

1. Hanja form^? of 구 (“Europe”).

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

歐: Hán Nôm readings: âu

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