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嫦娥

嫦娥

Chinese

a legendary beauty who flew to the moon; the lady in the moon good; beautiful
simp. and trad.
(嫦娥) 		嫦 娥
alt. forms 常娥

Proper noun

嫦娥

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

Synonyms

  • 廣寒仙子／广寒仙子

Noun

嫦娥

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
嫦 娥
じょう
Hyōgaiji 		が
Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Proper noun

嫦娥 ‎(hiragana じょうが, romaji Jōga)

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

Etymology

Euphemistic form of 姮娥 from the Han dynasty, since 姮 (héng) is homophonous with 恆／恒 (héng), the personal name of Emperor Wen of Han.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 嫦 娥
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 常 (25) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 陽 (105) 歌 (94)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 市羊切 五何切
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

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