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嫦

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

name of a moon goddess

HSK 7

Human →Relations →Family

cháng

コウ、ジョウ

항

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 常 represents the sound.

Components

女 woman+ 常 often =

嫦 name of a moon goddess

女 Meaning component

nǚ woman

woman, girl

常 Phonetic component

cháng often

common, normal, frequent, regular

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Notes

Chinese

嫦 [cháng]

a legendary beauty who flew to the moon; the lady in the moon

Example Sentences

CHINESE WORDS (1)

嫦娥 [Cháng'é] #54,847

Chang'e, the lady in the moon (Chinese mythology)

JAPANESE WORDS (1)

嫦娥 [じょうが] #116,326

Chang'e (Chinese goddess)