姮娥

Chinese

			good; beautiful
trad. (姮娥)		姮	娥
simp. #(姮娥)		姮	娥
alternative forms		恆娥／恒娥 ancient

Etymology

Originally written as 恆娥／恒娥; 恆／恒 (gèng) probably means "partial moon".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Héng'é

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄥˊ ㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁴ ngo⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Héng'é
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄥˊ ㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Héng-é
    • Wade–Giles: Hêng²-o²
    • Yale: Héng-é
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hernger
    • Palladius: Хэнъэ (Xɛnʺe)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤŋ³⁵ ˀɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hang⁴ ngo⁴
    • Yale: hàhng ngòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁴ ngo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng⁴ ngo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²¹ ŋɔː²¹/

Proper noun

姮娥

1. Alternative name for 嫦娥 (Cháng'é).

Usage notes

Renamed to the now more common name 嫦娥 (Cháng'é) to avoid naming taboo of Emperor Wen of Han.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
姮	娥
こう Hyōgai	が Hyōgai
kan'on

姮娥 (Kōga): an 1892 illustration of a scene in the myth where Chang'e flies to the moon.

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 姮娥 (MC nga, “Chang'e, the Chinese goddess of the moon”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーが [kóꜜògà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɡa̠]

Proper noun

姮(こう)娥(が) • (Kōga) 

1. (Chinese mythology) Chang'e, the Chinese goddess of the moon

   Synonym: 嫦娥 (Jōga)

2. (poetic) the moon

References

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
• Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
• “姮娥”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
姮	娥

Proper noun

姮娥 • (Hằng Nga)

1. chữ Hán form of Hằng Nga (“moon goddess”).