# 女媧
## Chinese

* 女媧 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 女媧 (Cantonese)
* 女媧 (Classical)
* Lú-oa (Southern Min)
* 女娲 (Wu)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Nǚwā
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄨㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): neoi$^5$ wo$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Lú-o / Lí-o / Lír-o͘ / Lú-oa / Lí-oa / Lír-oa / Lír-koa / Lí-koa / Lú-koa
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Nǚwā
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄨㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Nyǔwa
*** Wade–Giles: Nü$^3$-wa$^1$
*** Yale: Nyǔ-wā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Neuua
*** Palladius: Нюйва (Njujva)
*** Sinological IPA : /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ wä⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: neoi$^5$ wo$^1$
*** Yale: néuih wō
*** Cantonese Pinyin: noey$^5$ wo$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: nêu$^5$ wo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /nɵy̯¹³ wɔː⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lú-o
*** Tâi-lô: Lú-o
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lwoy
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɤ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ o⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Zhangzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lí-o
*** Tâi-lô: Lí-o
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lyoy
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ o⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lír-o͘
*** Tâi-lô: Lír-oo
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɔ³³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lú-oa
*** Tâi-lô: Lú-ua
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lwoaf
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ua⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ua⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lí-oa
*** Tâi-lô: Lí-ua
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lyoaf
*** IPA (Zhangzhou, Taipei): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ua⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ua⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lír-oa
*** Tâi-lô: Lír-ua
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ua³³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lír-koa
*** Tâi-lô: Lír-kua
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kua³³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lí-koa
*** Tâi-lô: Lí-kua
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ly'koaf
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kua⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou, Taipei): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kua⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lú-koa
*** Tâi-lô: Lú-kua
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lw'koaf
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kua⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kua⁴⁴/
* Lú-o — the most common reading in Taiwan;
* Lí-koa/Lú-koa — uncommon.
* Middle Chinese: nrjoX kwea
Rime :
| Character | 女 | 媧 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 娘 (12) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) | 佳 (32) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | II |
| Fanqie | 尼吕切 | 古娃切 |
| Baxter | nrjoX | kwea |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɳɨʌ$^X$/ | /kˠuɛ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɳiɔ$^X$/ | /kʷᵚæ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /niɔ$^X$/ | /kuæi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɳɨə̆$^X$/ | /kwaɨj/ |
| Li Rong | /niɔ$^X$/ | /kuɛ/ |
| Wang Li | /nĭo$^X$/ | /kwai/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ni̯wo$^X$/ | /kwai/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | nǚ | guā |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | neoi$^5$ | gwaai$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*naʔ kroːl/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 女 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | nǚ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ nrjo$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*nraʔ/ |
| English | female |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 女 | 媧 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/2 |
| No. | 9616 | 4385 |
| Phonetic component | 女 | 冎 |
| Rime group | 魚 | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | | 瓜 |
| Old Chinese | /*naʔ/ | /*kroːl/ |

### Proper noun

女媧
* (Chinese mythology) Nüwa, the goddess who repaired heaven and created mankind

#### Synonyms

* 媧皇／娲皇 (Wāhuáng)
* 女媧娘娘／女娲娘娘

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 女(じょ)媧(か) (Joka)
* → Korean: 여와(女媧) (Yeowa)
* → Vietnamese: Nữ Oa (女媧)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 女 | 媧 |
| じょ Grade: 1 | か Hyōgai |
| kan'on ||

### Etymology

From Chinese 女媧 / 女娲 (Nǚwā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [d͡ʑo̞ka̠]

### Proper noun

女(じょ)媧(か) • (Joka)
* (Chinese mythology) Nüwa

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 女 | 媧 |

### Proper noun

女媧 • (Yeowa) (hangeul 여와)
* hanja form of 여와 (“Nüwa”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 女 | 媧 |

### Proper noun

女媧
* chữ Hán form of Nữ Oa (“Nüwa”).