峨

See also: 峩

峨 U+5CE8, 峨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5CE8 ← 峧 [U+5CE7] CJK Unified Ideographs 峩 → [U+5CE9]

Translingual

Han character

峨 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+7, 10 strokes, Cangjie input 山竹手戈 (UHQI), four-corner 2375₀, composition ⿰山我)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 311, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8071
• Dae Jaweon: page 611, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 774, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5CE8

Chinese

trad.		峨
simp. #		峨
alternative forms		峩

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (我) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
莪	*ŋaːl
哦	*ŋaːl
娥	*ŋaːl
峨	*ŋaːl
峩	*ŋaːl
鵝	*ŋaːl
俄	*ŋaːl
蛾	*ŋaːl, *ŋralʔ
睋	*ŋaːl
涐	*ŋaːl
誐	*ŋaːl
硪	*ŋaːl, *ŋaːlʔ
我	*ŋaːlʔ
騀	*ŋaːlʔ
餓	*ŋaːls
義	*ŋrals
儀	*ŋral
轙	*ŋral, *ŋralʔ
檥	*ŋral, *ŋralʔ
蟻	*ŋralʔ
艤	*ŋralʔ
礒	*ŋralʔ
羛	*ŋralʔ, *hŋral
議	*ŋrals
犧	*hŋral
曦	*hŋral
羲	*hŋral

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋaːl): semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 我 (OC *ŋaːlʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): é (e²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngò

  (Hailu, HRS): ngo

• Eastern Min (BUC): ngò̤
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gor²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gô / ngô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: é
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: é
    • Wade–Giles: o²
    • Yale: é
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: er
    • Palladius: э (e)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngo⁴
    • Yale: ngòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngò
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngo^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngo²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋo¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngo
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋo⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngò̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋo⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gor²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gó̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gor²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô / ngô͘
    • Tâi-lô: gô / ngôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gooi, ngoo
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ɡo²⁴/, /ŋɔ̃²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡo²⁴/, /ŋɔ̃²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡo¹³/, /ŋɔ̃¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ɡo²⁴/, /ŋɔ̃²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɤ²³/, /ŋɔ̃²³/

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• Middle Chinese: nga

Rime
Character	峨
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	五何切
Baxter	nga
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋa/
Li Rong	/ŋɑ/
Wang Li	/ŋɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	é
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngo4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	峨
Reading #	1/1
No.	13032
Phonetic component	我
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	莪
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːl/

Definitions

峨

1. short for 峨眉 (Éméi)
2. lofty

Compounds

• 三峨
• 危峨
• 大峨
• 岒峨
• 岌峨
• 岑峨
• 岢峨 (kě'é)
• 岷峨
• 峨冕
• 峨冠
• 峨冠博帶 / 峨冠博带
• 峨岷
• 峨峨 (é'é)
• 峨峨洋洋
• 峨峨湯湯 / 峨峨汤汤
• 峨嵋 (Éméi)
• 峨嵋山 (Éméi Shān)
• 峨嶪 / 峨𰎑
• 峨巍
• 峨弁
• 峨然
• 峨然矗立
• 峨眉 (Éméi)
• 峨眉寶光 / 峨眉宝光
• 峨舸
• 峨螺 (éluó)
• 峨闕 / 峨阙
• 峨髻
• 峨鬟
• 嵯峨 (cuó'é)
• 嵬峨
• 嵾峨 / 㟥峨
• 嶍峨
• 嶒峨
• 嶮峨 / 崄峨
• 嶪峨 / 𰎑峨
• 巍峨 (wēi'é)
• 業峨 / 业峨
• 玉嵯峨
• 軻峨 / 轲峨
• 鬱峨 / 郁峨
• 魁峨

Japanese

Kanji

峨

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: が (ga)
• Kan-on: が (ga)
• Kun: けわしい (kewashii, 峨しい)、たかね (takane, 峨)、いかめしい (ikameshii, 峨しい)

Korean

Hanja

峨 (eum 아 (a))

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Vietnamese

Han character

峨: Hán Nôm readings: nga

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References

• Nom Foundation