Chinese surname · rank 392

区

区 is read as ōu.

Pinyin

ōu

Script forms

Simplified 区 · Traditional 區

Basic meaning

area, district, region, ward

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Xia-dynasty tradition, c. 2070-1600 BCE

Place: Yue / Ou and Ouyang lineage traditions around Wucheng Ouyu Mountain and Yue cultural geography; Xianglin in the Jiaozhi / northern Vietnam region; Fushui and Anhua in northern Guangxi; Guangdong and Cantonese distribution context

Origin note

Ou/区 is read Ou as a surname and should not be interpreted from the everyday meaning of a district or region. The source-backed surname tradition treats Qu/Ou, Ou/欧, and Ouyang/欧阳 as related written forms in several accounts: one layer links the surname to Yue and Ouyezi traditions, while another records southern surname layers around Han Xianglin and later Fushui / Anhua communities. The page keeps these parallel traditions separate instead of turning them into a single founder claim.

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Sources checked

23mofang surname library: Ou/区 - Ouyezi / Yue lineage, Xianglin southern surname layer, and Fushui / Anhua indigenous surname clusters
Wikipedia: Ou/區 surname - Ou, Qu, and Ouyang related-lineage traditions and modern distribution context
Zupulu: Ou/区 surname - Fengsu Tongyi style Ou / Qu / Ouyang same-source tradition and historical-person references
Hao86 Baijiaxing: Ou/区 - Ouyezi descendant account, Xianglin layer, and Fushui / Anhua surname cluster
Han Dian: Ou/區 - Ou surname reading and ordinary character meanings only
MOE Concised Dictionary: Ou/區 - Ou reading, surname listing, and non-origin character meanings

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Origin note

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