嫦娥

Chinese

good; beautiful
simp. and trad.
(嫦娥)
variant forms 常娥

Etymology

Euphemistic form of 姮娥 (Héng'é) from the Han dynasty, since (héng) is homophonous with (héng), the personal name of Emperor Wen of Han.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (25) (31)
Final () (105) (94)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
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

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
じょう
Hyōgaiji

Hyōgaiji
goon

Etymology

From Chinese 嫦娥

Proper noun

嫦娥 (hiragana じょうが, rōmaji Jōga, historical hiragana じやうが)

  1. (Chinese mythology) Chang'e
    Synonym: 姮娥 (Kōga)
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