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U+5A25, 娥
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A25

[U+5A24]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5A26]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 38, +7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女竹手戈 (VHQI), four-corner 43450, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • 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

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trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ŋaːl) : semantic (woman) + phonetic (OC *ŋaːlʔ)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (31)
Final () (94)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter nga
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋɑ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋɑ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋa/
Li
Rong
/ŋɑ/
Wang
Li
/ŋɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
é
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ngo4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 13031
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋaːl/

Definitions

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  1. good; beautiful
  2. beautiful woman
  3. (Chinese mythology) Short for 娥皇 (Éhuáng, “Ehuang”).
  4. (Chinese mythology) Short for 嫦娥 (Cháng'é, “Chang'e, the Chinese goddess of the moon”).
  5. eyebrow
  6. a surname

Usage notes

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This character is now chiefly used as female personal names.

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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  • Go-on: (ga)
  • Kan-on: (ga)
  • Kun: みめよい (mimeyoi, 娥い)

Korean

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Hanja

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(a) (hangeul , revised a, McCune–Reischauer a)

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: nga

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