娥

娥 U+5A25, 娥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A25 ← 娤 [U+5A24] CJK Unified Ideographs 娦 → [U+5A26]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𠹷 𦶥

References

• 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

trad.		娥
simp. #		娥

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 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 我 (OC *ŋaːlʔ)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): é (e²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngò
• Eastern Min (BUC): ngò̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ngô͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngo⁵

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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/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngò
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngoˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngo²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋo¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngò̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋo⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngô͘
    • Tâi-lô: ngôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngoo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ŋɔ̃²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋɔ̃²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋɔ̃¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ŋɔ̃²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngo⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngô
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋo⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: nga

Rime
Character	娥
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	五何切
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

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	娥
Reading #	1/1
No.	13031
Phonetic component	我
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	莪
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːl/

Definitions

娥

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

This character is now chiefly used as female personal names.

Compounds

• 姮娥 (Héng'é)
• 娥妝／娥妆
• 娥姣
• 娥娥
• 娙娥／𫰛娥
• 娥皇 (Éhuáng)
• 娥眉 (éméi)
• 娥輪／娥轮
• 嫦娥 (Cháng'é)
• 嫦娥奔月
• 嬌娥／娇娥 (jiāo'é)
• 宮娥／宫娥
• 常娥 (Cháng'é)
• 曹娥江 (Cáo'éjiāng)
• 曹娥碑
• 月娥
• 月裡嫦娥／月里嫦娥
• 湘娥
• 竇娥冤／窦娥冤
• 粉娥
• 素娥 (Sù'é)
• 羲娥
• 青娥 (qīng'é)
• 鬧娥／闹娥

 

Japanese

Kanji

娥

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

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

Korean

Hanja

娥 • (a) (hangeul 아, revised a, McCune–Reischauer a)

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Vietnamese

Han character

娥: Hán Nôm readings: nga

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