• 821st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 105 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. ōu (Ou1)Europe • abbr. for 歐洲|欧洲[Ou1 zhou1] • surname Ou
2. ōu (ou1)(used for transliteration) • old variant of 謳|讴[ou1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for ōu (ou1)The component is pronounced as '' (qu1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

欧元 (歐元)
欧元区 (歐元區)
欧洲 (歐洲)
欧盟 (歐盟)

Uncommon

北欧 (北歐)
南欧 (南歐)
卡西欧 (卡西歐)
东欧 (東歐)
欧亚 (歐亞)
欧宝 (歐寶)
欧巴桑 (歐巴桑)
欧式 (歐式)
欧文 (歐文)
欧洲人 (歐洲人)
欧洲杯 (歐洲杯)
欧芹 (歐芹)
欧莱雅 (歐萊雅)
欧阳 (歐陽)
欧阳修 (歐陽修)
碧欧泉 (碧歐泉)
罗密欧 (羅密歐)
美欧 (美歐)
西欧 (西歐)

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  • 700th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 121 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhōu (zhou1)continent • island

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhōu (zhou1)The component is pronounced as 'zhōu' (zhou1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

亚洲 (亞洲)
欧洲 (歐洲)
澳洲 
非洲 

Uncommon

三角洲 
五洲 
大洲 
株洲 
欧洲人 (歐洲人)
欧洲杯 (歐洲杯)
沙洲 
洲际 (洲際)
绿洲 (綠洲)
美洲 
非洲人 
香洲 
香洲区 (香洲區)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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