峨

See also: 峩

峨 U+5CE8, 峨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5CE8 ← 峧 [U+5CE7] CJK Unified Ideographs 峩 → [U+5CE9]

Translingual

Han character

峨 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 山竹手戈 (UHQI), four-corner 2375₀, composition ⿰山我)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 311, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8071
• Dae Jaweon: page 611, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 774, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5CE8

Chinese

trad.		峨
simp. #		峨
alternative forms		峩

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (我) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
莪	*ŋaːl
哦	*ŋaːl
娥	*ŋaːl
峨	*ŋaːl
峩	*ŋaːl
鵝	*ŋaːl
俄	*ŋaːl
蛾	*ŋaːl, *ŋralʔ
睋	*ŋaːl
涐	*ŋaːl
誐	*ŋaːl
硪	*ŋaːl, *ŋaːlʔ
我	*ŋaːlʔ
騀	*ŋaːlʔ
餓	*ŋaːls
義	*ŋrals
儀	*ŋral
轙	*ŋral, *ŋralʔ
檥	*ŋral, *ŋralʔ
蟻	*ŋralʔ
艤	*ŋralʔ
礒	*ŋralʔ
羛	*ŋralʔ, *hŋral
議	*ŋrals
犧	*hŋral
曦	*hŋral
羲	*hŋral

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): é (e²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): ngò̤
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gô / ngô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: é
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: é
    • Wade–Giles: o²
    • Yale: é
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: er
    • Palladius: э (e)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngo⁴
    • Yale: ngòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔː²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngò̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋo⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô / ngô͘
    • Tâi-lô: gô / ngôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gooi, ngoo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡo²⁴/, /ŋɔ̃²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡo²⁴/, /ŋɔ̃²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡo¹³/, /ŋɔ̃¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡo²⁴/, /ŋɔ̃²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɤ²³/, /ŋɔ̃²³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	峨
Reading #	1/1
No.	13032
Phonetic component	我
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	莪
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːl/

Definitions

峨

1. Short for 峨眉 (Éméi).
2. lofty

Compounds

• 三峨
• 危峨
• 大峨
• 岒峨
• 岌峨
• 岑峨
• 岢峨 (kě'é)
• 岷峨
• 峨冕
• 峨冠
• 峨冠博帶／峨冠博带
• 峨岷
• 峨峨 (é'é)
• 峨峨洋洋
• 峨峨湯湯／峨峨汤汤
• 峨嵋 (Éméi)
• 峨嵋山 (Éméi Shān)
• 峨嶪／峨𰎑
• 峨巍
• 峨弁
• 峨然
• 峨然矗立
• 峨眉 (Éméi)
• 峨眉寶光／峨眉宝光
• 峨舸
• 峨螺
• 峨闕／峨阙
• 峨髻
• 峨鬟
• 嵯峨 (cuó'é)
• 嵬峨
• 嵾峨／㟥峨
• 嶍峨
• 嶒峨
• 嶮峨／崄峨
• 嶪峨／𰎑峨
• 巍峨 (wēi'é)
• 業峨／业峨
• 玉嵯峨
• 軻峨／轲峨
• 鬱峨／郁峨
• 魁峨

 

Japanese

Kanji

峨

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Go-on: が (ga)
• Kan-on: が (ga)
• Kun: けわしい (kewashii, 峨しい); たかね (takane, 峨); いかめしい (ikameshii, 峨しい)

Korean

Hanja

峨 (eum 아 (a))

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Vietnamese

Han character

峨: Hán Nôm readings: nga

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References

• Nom Foundation