鄂 - Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 163, +9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口尸弓中 (RSNL), four-corner 67227, composition)

鄂 - Chinese

simp. and trad.
alternative forms ⿰⿱吅亐阝

Glyph origin

Old Chinese
*ŋ̊ʰjaːɡs, *ŋ̊ʰjaːɡ
*sŋaːɡs
*sŋaːɡs
*sŋaːɡs, *sŋreːɡ
*sŋaːɡs
*sŋaːɡs
*sŋaːɡs
*ŋaːɡs
*tŋ̊ʰaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
崿 *ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*ŋaːɡ
*sŋraːɡ
*sraːwɢ
*sraːwɢ
*tŋ̊ʰraːɡ
*tŋ̊ʰraːɡ
*ŋraɡ
*ŋraɡ
*ŋraɡ
*reːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋaːɡ) : phonetic (OC *ŋaːɡ) + semantic (area).

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    • (Pinyin): è, ào (e4, ao4)
    • (Zhuyin): ㄜˋ, ㄠˋ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): ngok6
  • Min Nan (POJ): go̍k
  • Middle Chinese: /ŋɑk̚/
  • Old Chinese
    • (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːɡ/

Definitions

  1. E (an ancient state located in modern Shanxi, Henan and Hubei, China)
  2. name of two ancient counties in Hubei and Henan
  3. name of an ancient city in modern Shanxi
  4. a region of ancient China around Nanyang in present-day eastern Henan
  5. Short for 湖北 (Húběi).: Hubei (a province of China)
  6. forehead
  7. tool to capture animals
  8. a surname

Descendants

  • English: E, O

Compounds

鄂 - Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

鄂 - Korean

Hanja

(eum (ak))

  1. E (an ancient state located in modern Shanxi, Henan and Hubei, China)
  2. name of two ancient counties in Hubei and Henan
  3. name of an ancient city in modern Shanxi
  4. a region of ancient China around Nanyang in present-day eastern Henan
  5. Abbreviation of 湖北: Hubei (a province of China)

鄂 - Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: ngạc

Meaning and Definition of 鄂
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