娥 — a

Parts that make up 娥

How 娥 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 娥 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 女, 我.

Korean example words with 娥

• 상아嫦娥 Korean gloss: ‘달’의 다른 이름.
• 소아素娥 Korean gloss: ‘달’을 달리 이르는 말.
• 선아仙娥 Korean gloss: 선경(仙境)에 산다는 여자.
• 상아孀娥 Korean gloss: 남편을 잃고 혼자 사는 여자.
• 항아姮娥 Korean gloss: ‘달’을 비유적으로 이르는 말.
• 월궁항아月宮姮娥 Korean gloss: 전설에서, 달에 있는 궁에 산다는 선녀.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 娥

• 嫦娥じょうが Chang'e (Chinese goddess)

Characters sharing the phonetic 我

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “아” in Korean.

Other hanja read “아”

Other hanja with radical 女