鄂

鄂	U+9102, 鄂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9102

← 鄁
[U+9101]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鄃 →
[U+9103]

Translingual

Han character

鄂 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口尸弓中 (RSNL), four-corner 6722₇, composition ⿰咢阝)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1274, character 22
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39520
Dae Jaweon: page 1774, character 6
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3783, character 9
Unihan data for U+9102

Chinese

simp. and trad.		鄂
alternative forms		⿰⿱吅亐阝

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (屰) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
斥	ŋ̊ʰjaːɡs, ŋ̊ʰjaːɡ
訴	*sŋaːɡs
泝	*sŋaːɡs
愬	sŋaːɡs, sŋreːɡ
遡	*sŋaːɡs
塑	*sŋaːɡs
溯	*sŋaːɡs
遻	*ŋaːɡs
柝	*tŋ̊ʰaːɡ
鶚	*ŋaːɡ
諤	*ŋaːɡ
齶	*ŋaːɡ
鍔	*ŋaːɡ
遌	*ŋaːɡ
崿	*ŋaːɡ
偔	*ŋaːɡ
堮	*ŋaːɡ
湂	*ŋaːɡ
鱷	*ŋaːɡ
噩	*ŋaːɡ
咢	*ŋaːɡ
鑩	*ŋaːɡ
鄂	*ŋaːɡ
鰐	*ŋaːɡ
萼	*ŋaːɡ
愕	*ŋaːɡ
顎	*ŋaːɡ
朔	*sŋraːɡ
槊	*sraːwɢ
蒴	*sraːwɢ
坼	*tŋ̊ʰraːɡ
拆	*tŋ̊ʰraːɡ
逆	*ŋraɡ
屰	*ŋraɡ
縌	*ŋraɡ
蝷	*reːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋaːɡ): phonetic 咢 (OC *ŋaːɡ) + semantic 阝 (“area”).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): è, ào (e⁴, ao⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄜˋ, ㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngok⁶
Eastern Min (BUC): ngŏk
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gorh⁷
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): go̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): ngag⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: è
  - Zhuyin: ㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: è
  - Wade–Giles: o⁴
  - Yale: è
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eh
  - Palladius: э (e)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ào
  - Zhuyin: ㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ào
  - Wade–Giles: ao⁴
  - Yale: àu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aw
  - Palladius: ао (ao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Note: ào - variant pronunciation for the surname.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ngok⁶
  - Yale: ngohk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngok⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngog⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːk̚²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ngŏk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋouʔ⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gorh⁷
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: go̤̍h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒʔ⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: go̍k
  - Tâi-lô: go̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gok
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡɔk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɔk̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ngag⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nga̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋak̚⁴/

Middle Chinese: ngak

Rime
Character	鄂
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	鐸 (103)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	五各切
Baxter	ngak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋak̚/
Li Rong	/ŋɑk̚/
Wang Li	/ŋɑk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	è
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngok⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鄂
Reading #	1/1
No.	9463
Phonetic component	屰
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	咢
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːɡ/

Definitions

鄂

E (an ancient state located in modern Shanxi, Henan and Hubei, China)
name of two ancient counties in Hubei and Henan
name of an ancient city in modern Shanxi
a region of ancient China around Nanyang in present-day eastern Henan
short for 湖北 (Húběi): Hubei (a province of China)
forehead
Synonyms: 額 / 额, 前額 / 前额 (qián'é)
tool to capture animals
a surname

Descendants

→ English: E, O

Compounds

援鄂 (yuán'è)
棣鄂
白雲鄂博 / 白云鄂博 (Báiyún Èbó, “Bayan Obo”)
華鄂 / 华鄂
褒鄂
西鄂 (Xī'è)
鄂倫春族 / 鄂伦春族 (Èlúnchūnzú)
鄂博 (èbó)
鄂君啟節 / 鄂君启节
鄂君繡被 / 鄂君绣被
鄂國 / 鄂国 (Èguó)
鄂坪 (Èpíng)
鄂城 (Èchéng)
鄂州 (Èzhōu)
鄂溫 / 鄂温 (Èwēn)
鄂溫克 / 鄂温克 (Èwēnkè)
鄂溫克族 / 鄂温克族 (Èwēnkèzú)
鄂畢河 / 鄂毕河 (Èbì Hé)
鄂諾河 / 鄂诺河
鄂鄂

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 鄂 – see 諤 (“honest speech; frank speech”). (This character is a variant form of 諤).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 鄂 – see 愕 (“startled; scared; astonished”). (This character is a variant form of 愕).

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 鄂 – see 萼 (“calyx”). (This character is a variant form of 萼).

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of 鄂 – see 堮. (This character is a variant form of 堮).

Japanese

Kanji

鄂

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: がく (gaku)
Kan-on: がく (gaku)
Kun: かぎり (kagiri, 鄂り)、おどろく (odoroku, 鄂く)

Korean

Hanja

鄂 (eum 악 (ak))

E (an ancient state located in modern Shanxi, Henan and Hubei, China)
name of two ancient counties in Hubei and Henan
name of an ancient city in modern Shanxi
a region of ancient China around Nanyang in present-day eastern Henan
abbreviation of 湖北 (“Hubei”): a province of China

Vietnamese

Han character

鄂: Hán Nôm readings: ngạc

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