俄

俄 U+4FC4, 俄
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FC4
← 促
[U+4FC3] 		CJK Unified IdeographsCategory:CJK Unified Ideographs block#*0000020420 俅 →
[U+4FC5]
Category:Han script characters#%20

Translingual

Han character

俄Category:Translingual lemmas#人07俄Category:Translingual terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#人07俄Category:Translingual symbols#人07俄Category:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#人07俄Category:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#人07俄Category:Pages with entries#俄Category:Pages with 5 entries#俄 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+7, 9 strokes, Cangjie input 人竹手戈 (OHQI), four-corner 23250, composition ⿰亻我)Category:Han script characters#人07俄

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.
 俄

Glyph origin

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋaːl)Category:Han phono-semantic compounds#人07: semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 我 (OC *ŋaːlʔ).

Etymology 1

Compare Burmese ငဲ့ (ngai., “to tilt”) (Hill, 2019) - Proto-Sino-TibetanCategory:Chinese terms inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan#人07Category:Chinese terms derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan#人07 *ŋaj (“to slant”) can thus be reconstructed.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 俄
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		 ngo4
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/
Category:Chinese lemmas#人07Category:Mandarin lemmas#人07Category:Cantonese lemmas#人07Category:Taishanese lemmas#人07Category:Hakka lemmas#人07Category:Eastern Min lemmas#人07Category:Hokkien lemmas#人07Category:Teochew lemmas#人07Category:Puxian Min lemmas#人07Category:Wu lemmas#人07Category:Middle Chinese lemmas#人07Category:Old Chinese lemmas#人07Category:Chinese hanzi#人07Category:Mandarin hanzi#人07Category:Cantonese hanzi#人07Category:Taishanese hanzi#人07Category:Hakka hanzi#人07Category:Eastern Min hanzi#人07Category:Hokkien hanzi#人07Category:Teochew hanzi#人07Category:Puxian Min hanzi#人07Category:Wu hanzi#人07Category:Middle Chinese hanzi#人07Category:Old Chinese hanzi#人07Category:Chinese adverbs#人07Category:Mandarin adverbs#人07Category:Cantonese adverbs#人07Category:Taishanese adverbs#人07Category:Hakka adverbs#人07Category:Eastern Min adverbs#人07Category:Hokkien adverbs#人07Category:Teochew adverbs#人07Category:Puxian Min adverbs#人07Category:Wu adverbs#人07Category:Middle Chinese adverbs#人07Category:Old Chinese adverbs#人07Category:Chinese adjectives#人07Category:Mandarin adjectives#人07Category:Cantonese adjectives#人07Category:Taishanese adjectives#人07Category:Hakka adjectives#人07Category:Eastern Min adjectives#人07Category:Hokkien adjectives#人07Category:Teochew adjectives#人07Category:Puxian Min adjectives#人07Category:Wu adjectives#人07Category:Middle Chinese adjectives#人07Category:Old Chinese adjectives#人07Category:Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation#人07Category:Chinese terms spelled with 俄#人07

Definitions

俄Category:Chinese lemmas#人07Category:Chinese hanzi#人07Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#人07Category:Pages with entries#俄Category:Pages with 5 entries#俄

  1. suddenly; (very) soon; presently
    俄而  ―  é'ér  ―  after a while; presentlyCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples
  2. tilted

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Category:Chinese lemmas#人07Category:Mandarin lemmas#人07Category:Cantonese lemmas#人07Category:Taishanese lemmas#人07Category:Hakka lemmas#人07Category:Eastern Min lemmas#人07Category:Hokkien lemmas#人07Category:Teochew lemmas#人07Category:Puxian Min lemmas#人07Category:Wu lemmas#人07Category:Chinese hanzi#人07Category:Mandarin hanzi#人07Category:Cantonese hanzi#人07Category:Taishanese hanzi#人07Category:Hakka hanzi#人07Category:Eastern Min hanzi#人07Category:Hokkien hanzi#人07Category:Teochew hanzi#人07Category:Puxian Min hanzi#人07Category:Wu hanzi#人07Category:Chinese proper nouns#人07Category:Mandarin proper nouns#人07Category:Cantonese proper nouns#人07Category:Taishanese proper nouns#人07Category:Hakka proper nouns#人07Category:Eastern Min proper nouns#人07Category:Hokkien proper nouns#人07Category:Teochew proper nouns#人07Category:Puxian Min proper nouns#人07Category:Wu proper nouns#人07Category:Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation#人07Category:Chinese terms spelled with 俄#人07

Definitions

俄Category:Chinese lemmas#人07Category:Chinese hanzi#人07Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#人07Category:Pages with entries#俄Category:Pages with 5 entries#俄

  1. short for 俄羅斯／俄罗斯 (Éluósī)Category:Chinese short forms: Russia (a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)Category:zh:Russia#人07Category:zh:Russia#人07Category:zh:Countries in Europe#人07Category:zh:Countries in Asia#人07
    俄語／俄语  ―  Éyǔ  ―  Russian languageCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples

Compounds

Descendants

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.
 俄

Pronunciation

Category:zh-pron usage missing POSCategory:Chinese lemmas#人07Category:Mandarin lemmas#人07Category:Chinese hanzi#人07Category:Mandarin hanzi#人07Category:Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation#人07Category:Chinese terms spelled with 俄#人07

Definitions

俄Category:Chinese lemmas#人07Category:Chinese hanzi#人07Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#人07Category:Pages with entries#俄Category:Pages with 5 entries#俄

  1. Used in transcription.

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

俄

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Category:Japanese kanji#人07Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#人07Category:Japanese jinmeiyō kanji#人07

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
俄
にわか
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
Category:Japanese terms spelled with 俄 read as にわか#にわかCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#にわかCategory:Japanese terms read with kun'yomi#にわか
For pronunciation and definitions of 俄 – see the following entry.
【にわか】 Category:Japanese adjectives#にわかCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#にわかCategory:Japanese lemmas#にわかCategory:Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji#にわかCategory:Japanese terms with 1 kanji#にわかCategory:Japanese terms spelled with 俄#にわかCategory:Japanese single-kanji terms#にわかCategory:Japanese adjectives#にわかCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#にわかCategory:Japanese lemmas#にわかCategory:Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji#にわかCategory:Japanese terms with 1 kanji#にわかCategory:Japanese terms spelled with 俄#にわかCategory:Japanese single-kanji terms#にわかCategory:Japanese adjectives#にわかCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#にわかCategory:Japanese lemmas#にわかCategory:Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji#にわかCategory:Japanese terms with 1 kanji#にわかCategory:Japanese terms spelled with 俄#にわかCategory:Japanese single-kanji terms#にわかCategory:Japanese nouns#にわかCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#にわかCategory:Japanese lemmas#にわかCategory:Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji#にわかCategory:Japanese terms with 1 kanji#にわかCategory:Japanese terms spelled with 俄#にわかCategory:Japanese single-kanji terms#にわかCategory:Japanese nouns#にわかCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#にわかCategory:Japanese lemmas#にわかCategory:Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji#にわかCategory:Japanese terms with 1 kanji#にわかCategory:Japanese terms spelled with 俄#にわかCategory:Japanese single-kanji terms#にわかCategory:Japanese nouns#にわかCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#にわかCategory:Japanese lemmas#にわかCategory:Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji#にわかCategory:Japanese terms with 1 kanji#にわかCategory:Japanese terms spelled with 俄#にわかCategory:Japanese single-kanji terms#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 にわかになる (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, 俄, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
Category:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#にわかCategory:Pages with entries#俄Category:Pages with 5 entries#俄

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
俄
が
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi
Category:Japanese terms spelled with 俄 read as が#か'Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#か'Category:Japanese terms read with on'yomi#か'

From Middle ChineseCategory:Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese#か'Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#か' 俄 (MC nga).

Pronunciation

Category:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent#にわか

Affix

俄(が) • (gaCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#俄Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#俄) Category:Japanese lemmas#か'Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#か'Category:Japanese affixes#か'Category:Japanese terms with multiple readings#か'Category:Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji#か'Category:Japanese terms with 1 kanji#か'Category:Japanese terms spelled with 俄#か'Category:Japanese single-kanji terms#か'Category:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#か'Category:Pages with entries#俄Category:Pages with 5 entries#俄

  1. sudden, abrupt, unexpected
Derived terms

Korean

Hanja

俄 (eum 아 (a)Category:Korean links with redundant wikilinks#俄Category:Korean links with redundant alt parameters#俄)Category:Korean lemmas#아Category:Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#아Category:Korean hanja#아Category:Korean entries with incorrect language header#아Category:Pages with entries#俄Category:Pages with 5 entries#俄

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.Category:Requests for definitions in Korean entries#人07Category:Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#人07

Vietnamese

Han character

俄: Hán Việt readings: nga (五(ngũ)何(hà)切(thiết))[1][2][3][4][5]Category:Vietnamese Chữ Hán#人07 Category:Vietnamese lemmas Category:Vietnamese Han characters
俄: Nôm readings: nga[1][2][3][6], ngoa[2]Category:Vietnamese Nom#人07 Category:Vietnamese lemmas Category:Vietnamese Han characters

  1. chữ Hán form of Nga, nga (“Russia, Russian”)Category:Vietnamese links with ignored id parameters#俄Category:Vietnamese Chữ Hán
  2. chữ Hán form of nga (“sudden; in an instant”)Category:Vietnamese Chữ Hán

Compounds

References

Category:CJK Unified Ideographs block Category:Cantonese adjectives Category:Cantonese adverbs Category:Cantonese hanzi Category:Cantonese lemmas Category:Cantonese proper nouns Category:Chinese adjectives Category:Chinese adverbs Category:Chinese hanzi Category:Chinese lemmas Category:Chinese links with redundant alt parameters Category:Chinese links with redundant wikilinks Category:Chinese proper nouns Category:Chinese short forms Category:Chinese terms derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan Category:Chinese terms inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan Category:Chinese terms spelled with 俄 Category:Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Chinese terms with redundant script codes Category:Eastern Min adjectives Category:Eastern Min adverbs Category:Eastern Min hanzi Category:Eastern Min lemmas Category:Eastern Min proper nouns Category:Hakka adjectives Category:Hakka adverbs Category:Hakka hanzi Category:Hakka lemmas Category:Hakka proper nouns Category:Han phono-semantic compounds Category:Han script characters Category:Hokkien adjectives Category:Hokkien adverbs Category:Hokkien hanzi Category:Hokkien lemmas Category:Hokkien proper nouns Category:Japanese adjectives Category:Japanese affixes Category:Japanese jinmeiyō kanji Category:Japanese kanji Category:Japanese kanji with goon reading が Category:Japanese kanji with historical kun reading にはか Category:Japanese kanji with kan'on reading が Category:Japanese kanji with kun reading にわか Category:Japanese lemmas Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters Category:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks Category:Japanese nouns Category:Japanese single-kanji terms Category:Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese Category:Japanese terms read with kun'yomi Category:Japanese terms read with on'yomi Category:Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji Category:Japanese terms spelled with 俄 Category:Japanese terms spelled with 俄 read as が Category:Japanese terms spelled with 俄 read as にわか Category:Japanese terms with 1 kanji Category:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent Category:Japanese terms with multiple readings Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Category:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Category:Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Category:Korean hanja Category:Korean lemmas Category:Korean links with redundant alt parameters Category:Korean links with redundant wikilinks Category:Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Category:Mandarin adjectives Category:Mandarin adverbs Category:Mandarin hanzi Category:Mandarin lemmas Category:Mandarin links with redundant target parameters Category:Mandarin proper nouns Category:Mandarin terms with audio pronunciation Category:Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations Category:Mandarin terms with usage examples Category:Middle Chinese adjectives Category:Middle Chinese adverbs Category:Middle Chinese hanzi Category:Middle Chinese lemmas Category:Old Chinese adjectives Category:Old Chinese adverbs Category:Old Chinese hanzi Category:Old Chinese lemmas Category:Pages with 5 entries Category:Pages with entries Category:Puxian Min adjectives Category:Puxian Min adverbs Category:Puxian Min hanzi Category:Puxian Min lemmas Category:Puxian Min proper nouns Category:Requests for definitions in Korean entries Category:Taishanese adjectives Category:Taishanese adverbs Category:Taishanese hanzi Category:Taishanese lemmas Category:Taishanese proper nouns Category:Teochew adjectives Category:Teochew adverbs Category:Teochew hanzi Category:Teochew lemmas Category:Teochew proper nouns Category:Translingual lemmas Category:Translingual symbols Category:Translingual terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Category:Translingual terms with redundant script codes Category:Vietnamese Chữ Hán Category:Vietnamese Han characters Category:Vietnamese Nom Category:Vietnamese lemmas Category:Vietnamese links with ignored id parameters Category:Wu adjectives Category:Wu adverbs Category:Wu hanzi Category:Wu lemmas Category:Wu proper nouns Category:zh-pron usage missing POS Category:zh:Countries in Asia Category:zh:Countries in Europe Category:zh:Russia