欧文
Ōu Wén · tones 1-2
Meaning: Europe + culture
Character breakdown
Each character in 欧文 on its own — radical, stroke count, and core meaning.
- 欧ōu
- Radical
- 欠
- Strokes
- 8
- Meaning
- Europe, surname
- 文wén
- Radical
- 文
- Strokes
- 4
- Meaning
- literature, culture
How it sounds
Tone pattern 1-2 (high-level + rising).
High-level then rising. Opens bright and lifts upward — energetic and optimistic sound.
Style: transliteration-standard
A standard phonetic match for the English name (used in Chinese Bibles, news translations, official documents). Useful when you want clear English-to-Chinese identifiability.
Pairing with a surname
2-character given name
Standard structure for modern Chinese names. Pairs naturally with most common single-character surnames (王, 李, 张, 陈, 刘) for a 3-character full name. Always read the full name aloud with your surname before finalizing to check for accidental homophones.