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Translingual
Han character
娥 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女竹手戈 (VHQI), four-corner 43450, composition ⿰女我)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 263, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6331
- Dae Jaweon: page 529, character 27
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1052, character 10
- Unihan data for U+5A25
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 莪
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*ŋaːl
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| 哦
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*ŋaːl
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| 娥
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*ŋaːl
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| 峨
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*ŋaːl
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| 峩
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*ŋaːl
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| 鵝
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*ŋaːl
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| 俄
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*ŋaːl
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| 蛾
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*ŋaːl, *ŋralʔ
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| 睋
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*ŋaːl
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| 涐
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*ŋaːl
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| 誐
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*ŋaːl
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| 硪
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*ŋaːl, *ŋaːlʔ
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| 我
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*ŋaːlʔ
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| 騀
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*ŋaːlʔ
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| 餓
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*ŋaːls
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| 義
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*ŋrals
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| 儀
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*ŋral
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| 轙
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*ŋral, *ŋralʔ
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| 檥
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*ŋral, *ŋralʔ
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| 蟻
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*ŋralʔ
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| 艤
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*ŋralʔ
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| 礒
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*ŋralʔ
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| 羛
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*ŋralʔ, *hŋral
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| 議
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*ŋrals
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| 犧
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*hŋral
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| 曦
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*hŋral
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| 羲
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*hŋral
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋaːl) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 我 (OC *ŋaːlʔ)
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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娥
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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13031
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Phonetic
component
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我
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Rime
group
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歌
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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莪
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Old
Chinese
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/*ŋaːl/
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Definitions
娥
- † good; beautiful
- † beautiful woman
- † (Chinese mythology) Short for 娥皇 (Éhuáng, “Ehuang”).
- † (Chinese mythology) Short for 嫦娥 (Cháng'é, “Chang'e, the Chinese goddess of the moon”).
- † eyebrow
- a surname
Usage notes
This character is now chiefly used as female personal names.
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
娥
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
娥 • (a) (hangeul 아, revised a, McCune–Reischauer a)
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Vietnamese
Han character
娥: Hán Nôm readings: nga
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