峨

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See also: 峩
峨 U+5CE8, 峨
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5CE8
← 峧
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 峩 →

Translingual

Han character

峨 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 山竹手戈 (UHQI), four-corner 23750, composition ⿰山我)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 311, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8071
  • Dae Jaweon: page 611, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 774, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+5CE8

Chinese

trad. 峨
simp. # 峨
alternative forms 峩

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (我) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
莪 *ŋaːl
哦 *ŋaːl
娥 *ŋaːl
峨 *ŋaːl
峩 *ŋaːl
鵝 *ŋaːl
俄 *ŋaːl
蛾 *ŋaːl, *ŋralʔ
睋 *ŋaːl
涐 *ŋaːl
誐 *ŋaːl
硪 *ŋaːl, *ŋaːlʔ
我 *ŋaːlʔ
騀 *ŋaːlʔ
餓 *ŋaːls
義 *ŋrals
儀 *ŋral
轙 *ŋral, *ŋralʔ
檥 *ŋral, *ŋralʔ
蟻 *ŋralʔ
艤 *ŋralʔ
礒 *ŋralʔ
羛 *ŋralʔ, *hŋral
議 *ŋrals
犧 *hŋral
曦 *hŋral
羲 *hŋral

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋaːl): semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 我 (OC *ŋaːlʔ).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 峨
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 歌 (94)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 五何切
Baxter nga
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ŋɑ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋɑ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋa/
Li
Rong 		/ŋɑ/
Wang
Li 		/ŋɑ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ŋɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		é
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ngo4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 峨
Reading # 1/1
No. 13032
Phonetic
component 		我
Rime
group 		歌
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		莪
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋaːl/

Definitions

峨

  1. short for 峨眉 (Éméi)
  2. lofty

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

峨

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: が (ga)
  • Kan-on: が (ga)
  • Kun: けわしい (kewashii, 峨しい)、たかね (takane, 峨)、いかめしい (ikameshii, 峨しい)

Korean

Hanja

峨 (eum 아 (a))

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Vietnamese

Han character

峨: Hán Nôm readings: nga

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References

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