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[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

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

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

[edit] References

  • 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

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

(Yale ngo5)


[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

[edit] Readings

[edit] Compounds

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

[edit] Adjectival noun

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

  1. sudden, abrupt, unexpected, improvised, offhand

[edit] Declension

[edit] Noun

(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

[edit] Alternative forms

[edit] See also


[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

(hangeul , revised a, McCune-Reischauer a)


[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

(pinyin é (e2), Wade-Giles o2)

[edit] Compounds


[edit] Middle Chinese

[edit] Han character

(ngɑ)


[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

俄 (nga, Nga)

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