娥皇

Chinese

		good; beautiful	emperor; surname
trad. (娥皇)		娥	皇
simp. #(娥皇)		娥	皇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Éhuáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Éhuáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Éhuáng
    • Wade–Giles: O²-huang²
    • Yale: É-hwáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Erhwang
    • Palladius: Эхуан (Exuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: nga hwang

Rime
Character	娥	皇
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	唐 (102)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	五何切	胡光切
Baxter	nga	hwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɑ/	/ɦwɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɑ/	/ɦʷɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɑ/	/ɣuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋa/	/ɦwaŋ/
Li Rong	/ŋɑ/	/ɣuɑŋ/
Wang Li	/ŋɑ/	/ɣuɑŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋɑ/	/ɣwɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	é	huáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngo4	wong4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːl  ɡʷaːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	皇	皇
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huáng	huáng
Middle Chinese	‹ hwang ›	‹ hwang ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷˁaŋ/	/*[ɢ]ʷˁaŋ/
English	yellow and white spotted	sovereign
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	娥	皇
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13031	12696
Phonetic component	我	王
Rime group	歌	陽
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	莪	黃
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːl/	/*ɡʷaːŋ/
Notes		禮王制鄭注冕屬， 金文象羽冠，王聲；或雲象日射輝則爲暀晃初文

Proper noun

娥皇

1. (Chinese mythology) Ehuang (daughter of Emperor Yao and wife of Emperor Shun)