U+4FC4, 俄
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FC4

[U+4FC3]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4FC5]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

  • 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

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character


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) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋaːl): semantic (person) + phonetic (OC *ŋaːlʔ).

Etymology 1

Compare Burmese ငဲ့ (ngai., to tilt) (Hill, 2019) - Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋaj (to slant) can thus be reconstructed.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (31)
Final () (94)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter nga
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋɑ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋɑ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋa/
Li
Rong
/ŋɑ/
Wang
Li
/ŋɑ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ŋɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
é
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ngo4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 13035
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋaːl/

Definitions

  1. suddenly; (very) soon; presently
      ―  é'ér  ―  after a while; presently
  2. tilted

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. short for 俄羅斯俄罗斯 (Éluósī): Russia (a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)
      ―  É  ―  Russian language

Compounds

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. Used in transcription.

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

  • Go-on: (ga)
  • Kan-on: (ga)
  • Kun: にわか (niwaka, )にはか (nifaka, , historical)

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
にわか
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
にわか
[adjective] [from 790s] sudden, abrupt, unexpected, improvised, offhand
[adjective] [from 759] suddenly serious (said of an illness; most often in the construction にわかなる (niwaka ni naru))
[adjective] [from early 1200s] temporary, makeshift, impermanent, ad hoc
[noun] short for 俄狂言 (niwaka kyōgen, a farce; an impromptu comic interlude during a Noh play)
[noun] (by extension) any impromptu joke, witticism, or pun
[noun] short for 俄ファン (niwaka fan, (Internet slang) bandwagon fan)
Alternative spelling
俄か
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese (MC nga).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡa̠]

Affix

() • (ga

  1. sudden, abrupt, unexpected
Derived terms

Korean

Hanja

(eum (a))

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Việt readings: nga ((ngũ)()(thiết))[1][2][3][4][5]
: Nôm readings: nga[1][2][3][6], ngoa[2]

  1. chữ Hán form of Nga, nga (Russia, Russian)
  2. chữ Hán form of nga (sudden; in an instant)

Compounds

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Nguyễn (2014).
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  3. 3.0 3.1 Bonet (1899).
  4. ^ Génibrel (1898).
  5. ^ Trần (2004).
  6. ^ Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).