鵝

See also: 鹅, 䳘, 䳗, and 鵞

鵝 U+9D5D, 鵝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9D5D ← 鵜 [U+9D5C] CJK Unified Ideographs 鵞 → [U+9D5E]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𡤝

References

• KangXi: page 1490, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46954
• Dae Jaweon: page 2021, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): 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

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, OC *ŋaːl): phonetic 我 (OC *ŋaːlʔ) + semantic 鳥.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa-n (“goose”), cognate with Tibetan ངང་པ (ngang pa), Burmese ငန်း (ngan:).

雁 is either a derivative with redundant nominalizer *-n; or both 鵝 (OC *ŋaːl) and 雁 (OC *ŋraːns) reflect an earlier liquid final *-l or *-r (Schuessler, 2007).

On resonants' correspondence among Burmese, Tibetan, and Chinese, see Hill (2014).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): é (e²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): ңә (ŋə, I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo⁴, ngo^4-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngò
• Min Dong (BUC): ngiè / ngò̤
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): gô / giâ / ngô͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gho⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): ngu (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: é
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˊ
    • Wade–Giles: o2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: er
    • Tongyong Pinyin: é
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: ңә (ŋə, I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋə²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngo⁴, ngo^4-2
    • Yale: ngòh, ngó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngo⁴, ngo^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngo⁴, ngo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔː²¹/, /ŋɔː²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngò
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngoˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngo²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋo¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngiè / ngò̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋie⁵³/, /ŋo⁵³/

Note:

• ngiè - vernacular;
• ngò̤ - literary.

Min Nan

• (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Taichung)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô
  • Tâi-lô: gô
  • Phofsit Daibuun: gooi
  • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡo²⁴/
  • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɤ²³/
  • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡo¹³/
• (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giâ
  • Tâi-lô: giâ
  • Phofsit Daibuun: giaa
  • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Kinmen): /ɡia²⁴/
  • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡia¹³/
• (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngô͘
  • Tâi-lô: ngôo
  • Phofsit Daibuun: ngoo
  • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃²³/
  • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei): /ŋɔ̃²⁴/

Note:

• Mainland:
  • giâ - vernacular;
  • gô/ngô͘ - literary.
• Taiwan:
  • gô/giâ - vernacular;
  • ngô͘ - literary.

(Teochew)

• Peng'im: gho⁵
• Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: gô
• Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡo⁵⁵/

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: ngu (T3)
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋv̩ʷ²³/

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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	/*ŋˁa[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. domestic goose (as opposed to a wild goose – 雁 (yàn)) (Classifier: 隻／只 m c mn)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鵝 (“domestic goose”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鵝
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鵝
Mandarin	Beijing	鵝
	Taiwan	鵝
	Chifeng	鵝子
	Harbin	鵝, 鵝子
	Shenyang	鵝
	Muping	鵝
	Jinan	鵝
	Luoyang	鵝
	Zhengzhou	鵝
	Xi'an	鵝
	Yinchuan	鵝
	Lanzhou	鵝
	Xining	鵝
	Ürümqi	鵝
	Wuhan	鵝
	Chengdu	鵝, 鵝兒
	Guiyang	鵝
	Kunming	鵝
	Liuzhou	鵝
	Xuzhou	鵝
	Yangzhou	鵝, 鵝子
	Nanjing	鵝
	Hefei	鵝
	Nantong	鵝兒
	Singapore	鵝
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	鵝
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鵝
	Hong Kong	鵝
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	鵝
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	鵝
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	鵝
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	鵝
	Macau	鵝
	Panyu	鵝
	Huadu (Huashan)	鵝
	Conghua	鵝
	Zengcheng	鵝
	Foshan	鵝
	Nanhai (Shatou)	鵝
	Shunde	鵝
	Sanshui	鵝
	Gaoming (Mingcheng)	鵝
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	鵝
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	鵝
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	鵝
	Doumen	鵝
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	鵝
	Xinhui	鵝
	Taishan	鵝
	Kaiping (Chikan)	鵝
	Enping (Niujiang)	鵝
	Heshan (Yayao)	鵝
	Dongguan	鵝
	Bao'an (Shajing)	鵝
	Shaoguan	鵝
	Yunfu	鵝
	Yangjiang	鵝
	Xinyi	鵝
	Lianjiang	鵝
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	鵝
	Singapore (Guangfu)	鵝
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	鵝
Gan	Nanchang	鵝
	Lichuan	草鴨
	Pingxiang	鵝
Hakka	Meixian	鵝
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	鵝
	Huidong (Daling)	鵝
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	鵝
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	鵝
	Conghua (Lütian)	鵝
	Yudu	鵝
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鵝仔
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	鵝仔
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	鵝仔
	Dongshi (Dabu)	鵝
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	鵝仔
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	鵝
	Hong Kong	鵝
	Senai (Huiyang)	鵝
	Singkawang	鵝
Huizhou	Jixi	鵝
Jin	Taiyuan	鵝
	Pingyao	鵝
	Xinzhou	鵝
	Hohhot	鵝
Min Bei	Jian'ou	鵝
Min Dong	Fuzhou	鵝
	Fuqing	家鵝, 鵝
	Matsu	鵝
Min Nan	Xiamen	鵝
	Quanzhou	鵝
	Jinjiang	鵝
	Taipei	鵝
	Kaohsiung	鵝仔
	Sanxia	鵝
	Yilan	鵝仔
	Kinmen	鵝
	Magong	鵝
	Penang (Hokkien)	鵝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鵝
	Manila (Hokkien)	鵝
	Chaozhou	鵝
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	鵝
	Singapore (Teochew)	鵝
	Leizhou	鵝
	Haikou	鵝
Puxian Min	Putian	鵝
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	鵝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鵝
Shehua	Fu'an	鵝
	Fuding	赤鵝
	Luoyuan	赤鵝
	Sanming	鵝
	Shunchang	赤鵝
	Guixi	鵝
	Cangnan	赤鵝
	Jingning	赤鵝
	Lishui	赤鵝
	Longyou	赤鵝
	Chaozhou	鵝
	Fengshun	鵝
Wu	Shanghai	鵝, 白烏龜, 戇
	Chongming	鵝, 白烏龜
	Suzhou	鵝, 白烏龜
	Wuxi	戇鵝, 高頭
	Danyang	鵝, 白烏龜
	Hangzhou	鵝
	Ningbo	鵝, 戇戇鵝 childish
	Wenzhou	雁鵝, 鵝
	Jinhua	鵝
Xiang	Changsha	鵝
	Shuangfeng	鵝
	Loudi	鵝

Compounds

• 企鵝／企鹅 (qǐ'é)
• 公鵝／公鹅 (gōng'é)
• 千里鵝毛／千里鹅毛
• 塘鵝／塘鹅 (táng'é)
• 天鵝／天鹅 (tiān'é)
• 天鵝星座／天鹅星座
• 天鵝洲／天鹅洲 (Tiān'ézhōu)
• 天鵝湖／天鹅湖
• 天鵝絨／天鹅绒 (tiān'éróng)
• 天鵝肉／天鹅肉
• 小鵝／小鹅 (xiǎo'é)
• 屏鵝公路／屏鹅公路
• 搖鵝毛扇／摇鹅毛扇
• 水淨鵝飛／水净鹅飞
• 水盡鵝飛／水尽鹅飞 (shuǐjìn'éfēi)
• 沒頭鵝／没头鹅
• 滷鵝／卤鹅 (lǔ'é)
• 燒鵝／烧鹅 (shāo'é)
• 白鵝／白鹅 (Bái'é)
• 蔞鵝／蒌鹅

• 雞吵鵝鬥／鸡吵鹅斗
• 雞爭鵝鬥／鸡争鹅斗
• 頭鵝／头鹅
• 鴨步鵝行／鸭步鹅行
• 鵝仔／鹅仔 (giâ-á)
• 鵝仔囝／鹅仔囝
• 鵝卵石／鹅卵石 (éluǎnshí)
• 鵝口瘡／鹅口疮
• 鵝囝／鹅囝
• 鵝掌／鹅掌 (ézhǎng)
• 鵝掌草／鹅掌草
• 鵝掌風／鹅掌风
• 鵝梨／鹅梨
• 鵝母／鹅母
• 鵝毛／鹅毛 (émáo)
• 鵝毛扇／鹅毛扇
• 鵝毛被／鹅毛被
• 鵝毛雪／鹅毛雪
• 鵝池／鹅池
• 鵝湖／鹅湖

• 鵝準／鹅准
• 鵝眼錢／鹅眼钱
• 鵝素／鹅素
• 鵝絨／鹅绒
• 鵝絨白／鹅绒白
• 鵝群帖／鹅群帖
• 鵝翎扇／鹅翎扇
• 鵝脂／鹅脂
• 鵝蛋臉兒／鹅蛋脸儿
• 鵝行鴨步／鹅行鸭步
• 鵝觀草／鹅观草
• 鵝角／鹅角
• 鵝鑾鼻／鹅銮鼻 (Éluánbí)
• 鵝雄／鹅雄
• 鵝項椅／鹅项椅
• 鵝鸛／鹅鹳 (éguàn)
• 鵝黃／鹅黄 (éhuáng)
• 鵝黃色／鹅黄色
• 鵝黃酒／鹅黄酒
• 黃庭換鵝／黄庭换鹅

Descendants

• → Guiqiong: wo

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04732
• “鵝”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

鵝

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Alternative form of 鵞: goose

Readings

• Go-on: が (ga)
• Kan-on: が (ga)

Compounds

Compounds

• 鵝眼銭(ががんせん) (gagansen)
• 鵝管(がかん)石(せき) (gakanseki)
• 鵝湖(がこ) (Gako)
• 鵝(ガ)口(コウ)瘡(ソウ) (gakōsō)
• 鵝山(がざん) (Gazan)
• 鵝珠(がしゅ) (gashu)
• 鵝掌草(がしょうそう) (gashōsō)
• 鵝(ガ)鳥(チョウ) (gachō)
• 鵝堂流(がどうりゅう) (Gadō-ryū)
• 鵝(が)ペン (gapen)
• 鵝毛(がもう) (gamō)
• 鵝(が)目(もく) (gamoku)
• 素鵝(そが) (soga)
• 天鵝(てんが) (tenga)
  • 天鵝絨(てんがじゅう) (tengajū)
• 天鵝絨(ビロード) (birōdo)

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Korean

Hanja

鵝 • (a) (hangeul 아)

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: Hán Nôm readings: nga, ngỗng, ngổng

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