鵝

See also: 鹅

Translingual

Han character

鵝 (radical 196 鳥+7, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹戈竹日火 (HIHAF), four-corner 2752₇, composition ⿰我鳥)

1. ^ domesticated goose (as opposed to a wild goose, 雁)

References

• KangXi: page 1490, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46954
• Dae Jaweon: page 2021, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4635, character 10
• Unihan data for U+9D5D

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Chinese

trad.		鵝
simp.		鹅

Alternative forms

• 鵞, 䳗, 䳘, 𨿍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): é (e²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo⁴, ngo^4-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngò
• Min Nan (POJ): gô / giâ / ngô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: é
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˊ
    • Wade-Giles: o²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: er
    • IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngo⁴, ngo^4-2
    • Yale: ngòh, ngó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngo⁴, ngo^4-2
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋɔː²¹/, /ŋɔː²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngò
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngoˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngo²
    • IPA: /ŋo¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô / giâ / ngô͘
    • Tâi-lô: gô / giâ / ngôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gooi, giaa, ngoo
    • IPA (Taipei): /go²⁴/, /gia²⁴/, /ŋɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /gɤ¹³/, /gia¹³/, /ŋɔ¹³/
    • Note: gô, giâ - vernacular; ngô͘ - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: /ŋɑ/▼

Rime
Character	鵝
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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋa/
Li Rong	/ŋɑ/
Wang Li	/ŋɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	é

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*ŋˤa[r]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːl/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鵝
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	é
Middle Chinese	‹ nga ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋˤa[r]/
English	goose
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鵝
Reading #	1/1
No.	13034
Phonetic component	我
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	莪
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːl/

Definitions

鵝

1. domesticated goose (as opposed to a wild goose, 雁 (yàn))

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Japanese

Kanji

鵝

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. (obsolete) Goose

Readings

• Goon: が (ga)
• Kan’on: が (ga)

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Korean

Hanja

鵝 • ‎(a) (hangeul 아, revised a, McCune-Reischauer a, Yale a)

1. (거위 아, geowi-): domesticated goose that would not fly at all, in contrast with the wild goose (雁 (기러기 안, gireogi-an)) whose skein flies in wedge or cuneiform.
2. (기러기 아, gireogi-): wild goose
   • 그려기 올히는 기리 헤요미 맛당하니 : 鵝鴨宜長數 <杜詩諺解, 1481, 7:9>

Synonyms

• 鴻 (큰 기러기 홍, keun-gireogi-hong) big greylag goose
• 雁 (기러기 안, gireogi-an) wild goose, greylag goose
• 家雁 (가안, ga-an) literally, domestic or house goose

Compounds

• 天鵝 (천아, cheon-a) swan

See also

• 鵠 (고니 곡, goni-gok) swan

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Vietnamese

Han character

鵝 (nga, ngỗng, ngổng)

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