歐

See also: 欧
歐 U+6B50, 歐
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B50
← 歏
[U+6B4F] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 歑 →
[U+6B51]

Translingual
Japanese 欧
Simplified 欧
Traditional 歐

Han character

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

Descendants

References
  • KangXi: 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

Chinese
trad. 歐
simp. 欧

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 歐
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (區) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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, OC *qoː, *qoːʔ) : phonetic 區 (OC *qoː, *kʰo) + semantic 欠 (“to yawn; to exhale”) – to vomit (original form of 嘔).

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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
Variety Location 歐
Mandarin Beijing /ou⁵⁵/
Harbin /ou⁴⁴/
Tianjin /nou²¹/
Jinan /ŋou²¹³/
Qingdao /ɣou²¹³/
Zhengzhou /ou²⁴/
Xi'an /ŋou²¹/
Xining /nɯ⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /əu⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /ou³¹/
Ürümqi /ɤu⁴⁴/
Wuhan /ŋəu⁵⁵/
Chengdu /ŋəu⁵⁵/
Guiyang /ŋəu⁵⁵/
/əu⁵⁵/ 新
Kunming /əu⁴⁴/
Nanjing /əɯ³¹/
Hefei /ʐɯ²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /ɣəu¹¹/
Pingyao /ŋəu¹³/
Hohhot /ŋəu³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ɤ⁵³/
Suzhou /ɤ⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /ʔei³³/
Wenzhou /au³³/
Hui Shexian /niu³¹/
/ŋiu³¹/
Tunxi
Xiang Changsha /ŋəu³³/
Xiangtan /ŋəɯ³³/
Gan Nanchang /ŋiɛu⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /eu⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /eu²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /ɐu⁵³/
Nanning /ɐu⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /ɐu⁵³/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /ɔ⁵⁵/
/au⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /eu⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /e⁵⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /au³³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /ɔu²³/
Rime
Character 歐
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 侯 (137)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 烏侯切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔəu/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔəu/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔəw/
Li
Rong		 /ʔu/
Wang
Li		 /əu/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 ōu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 au1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 歐
Reading # 1/2
No. 10583
Phonetic
component		 區
Rime
group		 侯
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 謳
Old
Chinese		 /*qoː/

Definitions

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”).
  4. Short for 歐姆／欧姆 (ōumǔ, “ohm”).
  5. a surname
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 歐元 (“euro”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 歐元
Mandarin Taiwan 歐元
Cantonese Hong Kong 歐元, 歐羅, 歐
Min Nan Xiamen 歐元
Quanzhou 歐元
Zhangzhou 歐元

Compounds

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 歐 – see 嘔 (“to vomit; etc.”).
(This character, 歐, is a variant form of 嘔.)

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

 欧

Kyūjitai

 歐

Kanji
歐

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

  1. Europe

Readings

Korean

Etymology

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

Historical readings

Pronunciation

Hanja

Wikisource 歐 (eumhun 구라파 구 (gurapa gu))

  1. Hanja form? of 구 (“Europe”).

Compounds
Compounds

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

Vietnamese

Han character

歐: Hán Nôm readings: âu

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