俄 - Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 9, +7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人竹手戈 (OHQI), four-corner 23250, composition)

俄 - Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Old Chinese
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl, *ŋralʔ
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl, *ŋaːlʔ
*ŋaːlʔ
*ŋaːlʔ
*ŋaːls
*ŋrals
*ŋral
*ŋral, *ŋralʔ
*ŋral, *ŋralʔ
*ŋralʔ
*ŋralʔ
*ŋralʔ
*ŋralʔ, *hŋral
*ŋrals
*hŋral
*hŋral
*hŋral

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋaːl) : semantic (person) + phonetic (OC *ŋaːlʔ).

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    • (Pinyin): é (e2)
    • (Zhuyin): ㄜˊ
    • Cantonese
      • (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ngo4
      • (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngo3
    • Hakka
      • (Sixian, PFS): ngò
      • (Meixian, Guangdong): ngo2
    • Min Dong (BUC): ngò̤
    • Min Nan
      • (Hokkien, POJ): / ngô͘
      • (Teochew, Peng'im): ngo5
    • Wu (Wiktionary): 3ngu
    • Middle Chinese: /ŋɑ/
    • Old Chinese
      • (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːl/

    Definitions

    1. suddenly; (very) soon; presently
      •    é'ér   after a while; presently
    2. tilted

    Compounds

    • 俄而 (é'ér)
    • 半霎俄延
    • 慢俄延

    Pronunciation

    • Mandarin
      • (Pinyin): É, È
      • (Zhuyin): ㄜˊ, ㄜˋ
    • Cantonese
      • (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ngo4
      • (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngo3
    • Hakka
      • (Sixian, PFS): ngò
      • (Meixian, Guangdong): ngo2
    • Min Dong (BUC): ngò̤
    • Min Nan
      • (Hokkien, POJ): / ngô͘
      • (Teochew, Peng'im): ngo5
    • Wu (Wiktionary): 3ngu

    Definitions

    1. Short for 俄羅斯俄罗斯 (Éluósī, “Russia”).

    Compounds

    俄 - Japanese

    Kanji

    (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

    Readings

    Compounds

    Pronunciation

    Affix

    () (ga) 

    1. sudden, abrupt, unexpected

    Derived terms

    俄 - Korean

    Hanja

    (eum (a))

    俄 - Vietnamese

    Han character

    : Hán Việt readings: nga ((ngũ)()(thiết)) : Nôm readings: nga, ngoa

    1. chữ Hán form of Nga, nga (Russia, Russian).
    2. chữ Hán form of nga (sudden; in an instant).

    Compounds

    Meaning and Definition of 俄
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