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See also: 欧

Japanese 欧
Simplified 欧
Traditional 歐

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

  • 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
trad. 歐
simp. 欧

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  • 歐 (Written Standard Chinese?)
  • 歐 (Cantonese)
Old Chinese
摳 *kʰoː, *kʰo
彄 *kʰoː
剾 *kʰoː, *qoː
謳 *qoː
歐 *qoː, *qoːʔ
區 *qoː, *kʰo
鷗 *qoː
甌 *qoː
漚 *qoː, *qoːs
瞘 *qoː
嘔 *qoː, *qoːʔ
櫙 *qoː
膒 *qoː
蓲 *qoː, *kʰu, *qo, *qos
醧 *qoː, *qas
鏂 *qoː
毆 *qoːʔ
塸 *qoːʔ
貙 *kʰl'o
樞 *kʰjo
驅 *kʰo, *kʰos
軀 *kʰo
嶇 *kʰo
鰸 *kʰo
敺 *kʰo
傴 *qoʔ
嫗 *qos
饇 *qos

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.)

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Note:

  • au - vernacular (incl. surname);
  • o͘/o/io - literary.
  • Dialectal data

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

For pronunciation and definitions of 歐 – see 嘔 (“to vomit; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 嘔).

歐

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 欧)

  1. Europe

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

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. [2]

歐: Hán Nôm readings: âu

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