女媧

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See also: 女娲

Chinese

female; woman; daughter surname; sister of Fu2 Xi1
trad. (女媧) 女 媧
simp. (女娲) 女 娲
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Pronunciation

Note:
  • Lú-o — the most common reading in Taiwan;
  • Lí-koa/Lú-koa — uncommon.
    Rime
    Character 女 媧
    Reading # 1/2 1/2
    Initial (聲) 娘 (12) 見 (28)
    Final (韻) 魚 (22) 佳 (32)
    Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open Closed
    Division (等) III II
    Fanqie 尼吕切 古娃切
    Baxter nrjoX kwea
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ɳɨʌX/ /kˠuɛ/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ɳiɔX/ /kʷᵚæ/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/niɔX/ /kuæi/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ɳɨə̆X/ /kwaɨj/
    Li
    Rong         		/niɔX/ /kuɛ/
    Wang
    Li         		/nĭoX/ /kwai/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/ni̯woX/ /kwai/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		nǚ guā
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		neoi5 gwaai1
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 女
    Reading # 1/2
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		nǚ
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ nrjoX ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*nraʔ/
    English female

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 女 媧
    Reading # 1/2 1/2
    No. 9616 4385
    Phonetic
    component         		女 冎
    Rime
    group         		魚 歌
    Rime
    subdivision         		0 3
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		瓜
    Old
    Chinese         		/*naʔ/ /*kroːl/

    Proper noun

    女媧

    1. (Chinese mythology) Nüwa, the goddess who repaired heaven and created mankind

    Synonyms

    Descendants

    Sino-Xenic (女媧):

    Japanese

    Kanji in this term
    女 媧
    じょ
    Grade: 1     		か
    Hyōgai
    kan'on
     女媧 on Japanese Wikipedia

    Etymology

    From Chinese 女媧 / 女娲 (Nǚwā).

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    女(じょ)媧(か) • (Joka) ←ぢよくわ (Dyokwa)?

    1. (Chinese mythology) Nüwa

    Korean

    Hanja in this term
    女媧

    Proper noun

    女媧 • (Yeowa) (hangeul 여와)

    1. hanja form? of 여와 (“Nüwa”)

    Vietnamese

    chữ Hán Nôm in this term
    女媧

    Proper noun

    女媧

    1. chữ Hán form of Nữ Oa (“Nüwa”)
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