Phonetic transliteration of the English surname 'Oxley' across four characters:
欧 (ōu) for 'O-',
克 (kè) for '-x-' (the 'k' part),
斯 (sī) for the soft '-s-',
理 (lǐ) for '-ley'. The character
欧 is the standard opener for European names starting with the 'O' or 'Eu' sound (
欧洲 'Europe',
欧文 'Owen').