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欧 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「欠」

道
3Junior high level ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「欠」
On
オウおう · ō
Kun
うた(う)・は(く)uta(u) · ha(ku)
Meaning
Europe

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A phonetic character (区 + 欠) borrowed as the sound "ō" — today it stands for Europe.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onオウおうō欧文おうぶん西欧せいおう渡欧とおう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 欧州おうしゅう

    Europe

  • 欧米おうべい

    Europe and America

More words with this kanji

  • 欧洲おうしゅう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

欧州(おうしゅう)の文化(ぶんか)について調(しら)べる。

I look into the cultures of Europe.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

欧州欧米欧州state米rice欺deceiv…欠to lac…次next欣rejoic…欸an exc…殴hit王king夭to die…凹concav…央center
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 欠Map of reading オウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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