嫦娥

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Chinese

good; beautiful
trad. (嫦娥)
simp. #(嫦娥)
alternative forms 常娥
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Etymology

Euphemistic form of 姮娥 (Héng'é) from the Han dynasty, since (héng) is homophonous with (gèng), the personal name of Emperor Wen of Han.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (25) (31)
Final () (105) (94)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter dzyang nga
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʑɨɐŋ/ /ŋɑ/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ʑiɐŋ/ /ŋɑ/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʑiɑŋ/ /ŋɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ʑɨaŋ/ /ŋa/
Li
Rong
/ʑiaŋ/ /ŋɑ/
Wang
Li
/ʑĭaŋ/ /ŋɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʑi̯aŋ/ /ŋɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
cháng é
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
soeng4 ngo4

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 嫦娥

  1. (Chinese mythology) Chang'e, the Chinese goddess of the moon

Synonyms

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 嫦娥

  1. (figurative) moon
  2. (figurative) graceful, beautiful woman

(deprecated template usage)


Japanese

Kanji in this term
じょう
Hyōgaiji

Hyōgaiji
goon
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嫦娥 (Jōga): an 1892 illustration of a scene in the myth where Chang'e flies to the moon.

Etymology

/d͡ʑjauɡa//d͡ʑɔːɡa//d͡ʑoːɡa/

From Middle Chinese 嫦娥 (MC dzyang nga, “Chang'e, the Chinese goddess of the moon”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

(じょう)() (Jōgaじやうが (zyauga)?

  1. (Chinese mythology) Chang'e, the Chinese goddess of the moon
    Synonym: 姮娥 (Kōga)
  2. (poetic) the moon

References