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俄

俄

俄 U+4FC4, 俄
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FC4
← 促
[U+4FC3] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 俅 →
[U+4FC5]

Translingual

Han character

俄 (radical 9 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人竹手戈 (OHQI), four-corner 23250, composition ⿰亻我)

References

  • KangXi: page 104, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 665
  • Dae Jaweon: page 220, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 162, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+4FC4

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 俄

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 俄
Large seal script

L08399

L08400
Small seal script

s05857
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
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

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 俄
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
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 俄
Reading # 1/1
No. 13035
Phonetic
component		 我
Rime
group		 歌
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 莪
Old
Chinese		 /*ŋaːl/

Definitions

俄

  1. suddenly, (very) soon, presently
    俄而  ―  éér  ―  after a while; presently
  2. Russia (abbreviation) (É, È)
    俄語 / 俄语  ―  Éyǔ  ―  Russian language
  3. a phonetic component used in loanwords
    俄克拉何馬 / 俄克拉何马  ―  Ékèlāhémǎ  ―  Oklahoma
    俄勒岡 / 俄勒冈  ―  Élègāng  ―  Oregon

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

俄

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

Compounds

Adjective

俄 ‎(-na inflection, hiragana にわか, romaji niwaka)

  1. sudden, abrupt, unexpected, improvised, offhand

Inflection

Noun

俄 ‎(hiragana にわか, romaji niwaka)

  1. abbreviation of 俄狂言 (にわかきょうげん) ‎(niwaka kyōgen): a farce; an impromptu comic interlude during a Noh play
  2. by extension, any impromptu joke, witticism, or pun

See also

Korean

Hanja

俄 • ‎(a) (hangeul 아, McCune-Reischauer a)

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
俄

Noun

俄

  1. Hán tự form of Nga, nga, “Russia, Russian”

References

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