Chinese Character 歐 Meanings and components.

Form

歐

Meaning

歐 meaning[3] in English

Europe.

Abbr. For 歐洲|欧洲[Ou1 Zhou1].

Surname Ou.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 歐 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Ou (區) , and deficient (欠)

Its radical[1] is: 欠 (qian4) which means: Deficient, To Owe, To Lack, Yawn, .欠qian4deficient

In cangjie it is written with SRNO

How to write 歐

To write歐ou1Europe you should write a combination of 區qu1surname Ou , 欠qian4deficient arranged in a 吅 shape:

區 + 欠 = 歐

歐 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 歐 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 歐, looks as follow:

歐
Pinyin:ou1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Europe . Abbr. For 歐洲|欧洲[Ou1 Zhou1] . Surname Ou
區
Pinyin:qu1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Surname Ou
匚
Pinyin:fang1
Meaning[3]: 'Right Open Box' Radical (Kangxi Radical 22), Occurring In 区, 医, 匹 Etc
品
Pinyin:pin3 Shape:品
Meaning[3]: Article . Commodity . Product . Goods . Kind . Grade . Rank . Character . Disposition . Nature . Temperament . Variety . To Taste Sth . To Sample . To Criticize . To Comment . To Judge . To Size Up . Fret (On A Guitar Or Lute)
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
欠
Pinyin:qian4
Meaning[3]: Deficient . To Owe . To Lack . Yawn

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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