TSUMUGU · A2 (est.) · 字
歐
ㄡ · ōu
noun — Europe; a surname
字源 FORM — what the parts do
A mouth thrown open (欠) heaving — the old word was to vomit. 區 carries the sound, read ōu here. The everyday meaning came by sound alone: 歐 was borrowed to write Europe, 歐洲、歐美, the graph's old retch left behind.
意 · Meanings
(本義)嘔— to vomit, retch
(假借)歐洲、歐美— Europe常用
→歐— Ou (surname)常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension