娥
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Translingual edit
Han character edit
娥 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女竹手戈 (VHQI), four-corner 43450, composition ⿰女我)
Derived characters edit
References edit
- 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 edit
trad. | 娥 | |
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simp. # | 娥 |
Glyph origin edit
Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ŋaːl) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 我 (OC *ŋaːlʔ)
Pronunciation edit
Definitions edit
娥
- † good; beautiful
- † beautiful woman
- † (Chinese mythology) Short for 娥皇 (Éhuáng, “Ehuang”).
- † (Chinese mythology) Short for 嫦娥 (Cháng'é, “Chang'e, the Chinese goddess of the moon”).
- † eyebrow
- a surname
Usage notes edit
This character is now chiefly used as female personal names.
Compounds edit
Japanese edit
Kanji edit
娥
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Readings edit
Korean edit
Hanja edit
娥 • (a) (hangeul 아, revised a, McCune–Reischauer a)
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