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Translingual

Stroke order
8 strokes
Japanese
Simplified
Traditional

Etymology

Simplified from (). In current form, Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声) : phonetic () + semantic .

Han character

(Kangxi radical 76, +4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 尸大弓人 (SKNO), composition )

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 – see (“Europe; European Union; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of ).
Notes:

Japanese

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. Europe

Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
おう
Grade: S
kan’on
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese (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).

Pronunciation

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Affix

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  1. Short for 欧羅巴 (Yōroppa, Europe).

Derived terms

Proper noun

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  1. Short for 欧羅巴 (Yōroppa, Europe).

References