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Translingual [edit]

Han character [edit]

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

  1. sudden(ly), soon
  2. Russian, Russia

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 104, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 665
  • Dae Jaweon: page 220, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 162, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+4FC4

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(Yale ngo5)


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

Readings [edit]

Compounds [edit]

  • 俄然 (gazen): suddenly, abruptly
  • 俄雨 (niwakaame): rain shower

Adjectival noun [edit]

(な-na inflection, hiragana にわか, romaji niwaka)

  1. sudden, abrupt, unexpected, improvised, offhand

Inflection [edit]

Noun [edit]

(hiragana にわか, romaji niwaka)

  1. abbreviation of 俄狂言 (にわかきょうげん, niwaka kyōgen): a farce; an impromptu comic interlude during a Noh play
  2. by extension, any impromptu joke, witticism, or pun

Alternative forms [edit]

See also [edit]


Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

(hangeul , revised a, McCune-Reischauer a)


Mandarin [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(pinyin é (e2), Wade-Giles o2)

Compounds [edit]


Middle Chinese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(ngɑ)


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

俄 (nga, Nga)

References [edit]