欧
欧 — Europe
Europe
On’yomiオウ (ou)
Kun’yomiうたう (utau)
Kun’yomiはく (haku)
Stroke order (8 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 欧
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 欧州 | おうしゅう oushuu | Europe |
| 東欧 | とうおう touou | Eastern Europe |
| 西欧 | せいおう seiou | Western Europe; the West; the Occident |
| 北欧 | ほくおう hokuou | Northern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia |
| 中欧 | ちゅうおう chuuou | Central Europe |
| 訪欧 | ほうおう houou | visit to Europe; visiting Europe |
Study notes
欧 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 8 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #421 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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