欧 – Europe

8 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#421 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 欧 means Europe. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is オウ (ou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is うた.う、は.く (utau, haku). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 欠 (no. 76).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	オウ	ou
Kun’yomi	うた.う	utau
Kun’yomi	は.く	haku

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 欠 (Kangxi radical 76). Components: 欠・匚・ノ・丶.

Words using 欧

欧米おうべいEurope and the United States

Example sentences

医学では日本は欧米に追いつきました。

Japan has caught up with Europe and America in medicine.

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Kanji with the same radical

次歌欠欲歓欺

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