俄 (Kangxi radical 9,人 +7, 9 strokes,cangjie input 人竹手戈 (OHQI ),four-corner 23250 ,composition ⿰亻 我 )
Kangxi Dictionary:page 104 , character 6 Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 665 Dae Jaweon: page 220, character 6 Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 162, character 14 Unihan data for U+4FC4 Historical forms of the character俄 s05857
Transcribed ancient scripts
L08399
L08400
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 (Liushutong characters) andYinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
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 / 形声 ,OC *ŋaːl ): semantic 亻 ( “ person ” ) + phonetic 我 ( OC *ŋaːlʔ ) .
CompareBurmese ငဲ့ ( ngai. ,“ to tilt ” ) (Hill, 2019 ) -Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋaj ( “ to slant ” ) can thus be reconstructed.
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/
俄
suddenly ; (very)soon ;presently 俄 而 ― é 'ér ― after a while; presentlytilted Mandarin (Pinyin ) :É ,È (Zhuyin ) :ㄜˊ, ㄜˋ Cantonese (Guangzhou –Hong Kong ,Jyutping ) :ngo4 (Taishan ,Wiktionary ) :ngo3 Hakka (Sixian ,PFS ) :ngò (Hailu ,HRS ) :ngo (Meixian ,Guangdong ) :ngo2 Eastern Min (BUC ) :ngò̤ Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing ): gor2 Southern Min (Hokkien ,POJ ) :gô /ngô͘ (Teochew ,Peng'im ) :ngo5 Wu (Shanghai ,Wugniu ) :6 ngu俄
short for 俄羅斯 / 俄罗斯 (Éluósī ):Russia (atranscontinental country inEastern Europe andNorth Asia )俄 語/ 俄 语 ― É yǔ ― Russian language俄
Used in transcription. 俄
(Jinmeiyō kanji )
For pronunciation and definitions of俄 – see the following entry. 【にわか 】 [adjective] [from 790s] sudden ,abrupt ,unexpected ,improvised ,offhand [adjective] [from 759] suddenly serious ( said of anillness ; most often in the constructionにわかに なる ( niwaka ni naru ) ) [adjective] [from early 1200s] temporary ,makeshift ,impermanent ,ad hoc [noun] short for俄狂言 ( niwaka kyōgen ,“ afarce ; animpromptu comic interlude during aNoh play ” ) [noun] ( by extension ) any impromptujoke ,witticism , orpun [noun] short for俄ファン ( niwaka fan ,“ ( Internet slang ) bandwagon fan ” )
(This term,俄 , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
FromMiddle Chinese 俄 (MC nga ).
俄( が ) • (ga )
sudden ,abrupt ,unexpected 俄 (eum 아 ( a ) )
This term needs a translation to English. Please help out andadd a translation , then remove the text{{rfdef }}. 俄 :Hán Việt readings:nga (五 ( ngũ ) 何 ( hà ) 切 ( thiết ) )[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] 俄 :Nôm readings:nga [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 6] ,ngoa [ 2]
chữ Hán form ofNga ,nga ( “ Russia ,Russian ” ) chữ Hán form ofnga ( “ sudden ; in aninstant ” )