# 峨

| 峨 | U+5CE8, &#23784; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5CE8 |
| ← 峧 [U+5CE7] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 峩 → [U+5CE9] |

## Translingual
### Han character

峨 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 山竹手戈 (UHQI), four-corner 2375$_0$, composition ⿰山我)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 311, character 9
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8071
* Dae Jaweon: page 611, character 15
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 774, character 15
* Unihan data for U+5CE8

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 我 (OC *ŋaːlʔ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): é (e$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄜˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ngò
    (Hailu, HRS): ngo
* Eastern Min (BUC): ngò̤
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gor$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gô / ngô͘
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: é
*** Zhuyin: ㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: é
*** Wade–Giles: o$^2$
*** Yale: é
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: er
*** Palladius: э (e)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀɤ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ngo$^4$
*** Yale: ngòh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ngo$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ngo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋɔː²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngò
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngo$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋo¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngo
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋo⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ngò̤
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋo⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gor$^2$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gó̤
*** Sinological IPA : /kɒ¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô / ngô͘
*** Tâi-lô: gô / ngôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: gooi, ngoo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ɡo²⁴/, /ŋɔ̃²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡo²⁴/, /ŋɔ̃²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡo¹³/, /ŋɔ̃¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɡo²⁴/, /ŋɔ̃²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɤ²³/, /ŋɔ̃²³/
* Middle Chinese: nga
Rime :
| Character | 峨 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 歌 (94) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 五何切 |
| 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 | ngo$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːl/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 峨 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13032 |
| Phonetic component | 我 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 莪 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋaːl/ |

### Definitions

峨
* Short for 峨眉 (Éméi).
* lofty

### Compounds

* 三峨
* 危峨
* 大峨
* 岒峨
* 岌峨
* 岑峨
* 岢峨 (kě'é)
* 岷峨
* 峨冕
* 峨冠
* 峨冠博帶 / 峨冠博带
* 峨岷
* 峨峨 (é'é)
* 峨峨洋洋
* 峨峨湯湯 / 峨峨汤汤
* 峨嵋 (Éméi)
* 峨嵋山 (Éméi Shān)
* 峨嶪 / 峨𰎑
* 峨巍
* 峨弁
* 峨然
* 峨然矗立
* 峨眉 (Éméi)
* 峨眉寶光 / 峨眉宝光
* 峨舸
* 峨螺 (éluó)
* 峨闕 / 峨阙
* 峨髻
* 峨鬟
* 嵯峨 (cuó'é)
* 嵬峨
* 嵾峨 / 㟥峨
* 嶍峨
* 嶒峨
* 嶮峨 / 崄峨
* 嶪峨 / 𰎑峨
* 巍峨 (wēi'é)
* 業峨 / 业峨
* 玉嵯峨
* 軻峨 / 轲峨
* 鬱峨 / 郁峨
* 魁峨

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: が (ga)
* Kan-on: が (ga)
* Kun: けわしい (kewashii, 峨しい)、たかね (takane, 峨)、いかめしい (ikameshii, 峨しい)

## Korean
### Hanja

峨 (eum 아 (a))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

峨: Hán Nôm readings: nga
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#### References

* Nom Foundation