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峨 - Translingual

Han character

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

峨 - Chinese

trad.
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alternative forms

Glyph origin

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 (mountain) + phonetic (OC *ŋaːlʔ).

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    • (Pinyin): é (e2)
    • (Zhuyin): ㄜˊ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo4
  • Min Dong (BUC): ngò̤
  • Min Nan (POJ): / ngô͘
  • Old Chinese
    • (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːl/

Definitions

  1. Short for 峨眉 (Éméi).
  2. lofty

Compounds

  • 嶍峨
  • 嶒峨
  • 巍峨 (wēi'é)
  • 峨冠博帶峨冠博带
  • 軻峨轲峨

峨 - Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

峨 - Korean

Hanja

(eum (a))

峨 - Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: nga

Meaning and Definition of 峨
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