鵝

See also: 鹅

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: volume 7, page 4635, character 10
• Unihan data for U+9D5D

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Chinese

trad.		鵝
simp.		鹅
variant 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): /ŋɤː²⁴/

    (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 (Zhangzhou): /go¹³/
  • IPA (Xiamen): /go²⁴/
  • IPA (Kaohsiung): /gɤ²³/
• (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): /gia²⁴/
  • IPA (Zhangzhou): /gia¹³/
• (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

鵝肉／鹅肉 (“goose meat”)

鵝

1. domestic goose (as opposed to a wild goose – 雁 (yàn))
2. (neologism) a common civilian who suffers undue heavy tax

Compounds

• 企鵝／企鹅 (qǐ'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
• 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
• 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)
• 鵝卵石／鹅卵石 (éluǎnshí)
• 鵝口瘡／鹅口疮
• 鵝掌／鹅掌 (ézhǎng)
• 鵝掌草／鹅掌草
• 鵝掌風／鹅掌风
• 鵝梨／鹅梨
• 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
• 鵝鑾鼻／鹅銮鼻 (Éluánbí)
• 鵝項椅／鹅项椅
• 鵝鸛／鹅鹳
• 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

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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 (が)湖 (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 (そ)鵝 (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 (nga, ngỗng, ngổng)

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