Phonosemantic compound. 欠 represents the meaning and 區 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "vomit". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
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奩 lady's vanity case (trad)嫗 woman (trad)嘔 vomit (trad)嶇 sheer (trad)慪 annoyed (alt) (trad)摳 dig-out (trad)樞 hub (trad)毆 hit (trad)漚 sodden (trad)熰 great (trad)甌 cup (trad)瞘 Deeply-Sunk Sunken (trad)謳 sing (trad)軀 human body (trad)驅 drive away (trad)鷗 gull (trad)坎 hump嵌 fall欻 abrupt欽 think highly of (trad)
Historical Evolution
歐
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
歐
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
歐
Regular
Modern
Chinese
欧 / 歐 [Oū]
Europe; abbr. for 歐洲|欧洲[Oūzhōu]; surname Ou
欧 / 歐 [ōu]
(used for transliteration); old variant of 謳|讴[ōu]
Japanese
Europe
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Japanese Names
歐 おう
Ou surname
CHINESE WORDS (131)
欧洲 [Oūzhōu] #2,577
Europe
欧元 [Oūyuán] #7,708
euro (currency)
欧盟 [Oūméng] #21,414
European Union
欧美 [OūMěi] #4,307
Europe and America
欧文 [Oūwén] #7,150
Owen (name)
罗密欧 [Luómì'ōu] #8,098
Romeo (name)
东欧 [DōngOū] #12,067
Eastern Europe
北欧 [BěiOū] #16,022
north Europe
西欧 [Xī'ōu] #24,314
Western Europe
欧拉 [Oūlā] #14,560
Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), Swiss mathematician
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KOREAN WORDS (1)