俄

俄 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人竹手戈 (OHQI), four-corner 2325₀, composition ⿰亻我)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 104, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 665
• Dae Jaweon: page 220, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 162, character 14
• Unihan data for U+4FC4

Historical forms of the character 俄
Small seal script s05857 Transcribed ancient scripts L08399 L08400
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

Compare Burmese ငဲ့ (ngai., “to tilt”) (Hill, 2019) - Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋaj (“to slant”) can thus be reconstructed.

俄

1. suddenly; (very) soon; presently

   俄而  ―  é'ér  ―  after a while; presently

2. tilted

俄

1. short for 俄羅斯／俄罗斯 (Éluósī): Russia (a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)

   俄語／俄语  ―  Éyǔ  ―  Russian language

俄

1. Used in transcription.

• “俄”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

• Go-on: が (ga)
• Kan-on: が (ga)
• Kun: にわか (niwaka, 俄)^{←にはか (nifaka, 俄, historical)}

From Middle Chinese 俄 (MC nga).

• IPA^(key):

俄(が) • (ga) 

1. sudden, abrupt, unexpected

• 俄然(がぜん) (gazen)

俄 (eum 아 (a))

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俄: Hán Việt readings: nga (五(ngũ)何(hà)切(thiết))
俄: Nôm readings: nga, ngoa

1. chữ Hán form of Nga, nga (“Russia, Russian”)
2. chữ Hán form of nga (“sudden; in an instant”)

• 㗂俄 (tiếng Nga)