Memory phrase for the character: 欧

欧

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Meaning

Europe, EU-

Pronunciation

ōu

Explanation

 Left: district/region 区, right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)

Mnemonic
 
Consider the map: Europe 㐅 has a determining coastline 匚 in all directions, which however lacks 欠 in the east. This defines: Europe.

Radicals

区 district, region
欠 lack, yawnLike a person 人 who tears his mouth wide open when yawning and seems to have a lack (of good manners).




 Vocabulary

西欧 xī ōu  Western Europe
欧洲 Ōu zhōu  Europe; European
欧姆 ōu mǔ  ohm
欧阳予倩 Ōu yáng Yú qiàn  Ouyang Yuqian (1889-1962), Chinese actor
欧珀莱 Ōu pò lái  Aupres, Shiseido's line in China
欧珀莱 Ōu pò lái  

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