嵯峨

嵯峨

Chinese

		lofty (as of mountain)	lofty; name of a mountain
trad. (嵯峨)		嵯	峨
simp. #(嵯峨)		嵯	峨
alternative forms		嵳峩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cuó'é

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄛˊ ㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹ ngo⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuó'é
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄛˊ ㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuó-é
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻo²-o²
    • Yale: tswó-é
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tswoer
    • Palladius: цоэ (coe)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰwɔ³⁵ ˀɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: co¹ ngo⁴
    • Yale: chō ngòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹ ngo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: co¹ ngo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ ŋɔː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡zɑ  ŋɑ/

Rime
Character	嵯	峨
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	昨何切	五何切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zɑ/	/ŋɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zɑ/	/ŋɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zɑ/	/ŋɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡za/	/ŋa/
Li Rong	/d͡zɑ/	/ŋɑ/
Wang Li	/d͡zɑ/	/ŋɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱɑ/	/ŋɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cuó	é
Expected Cantonese Reflex	co4	ngo4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zlaːl  ŋaːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嵯	峨
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	18018	13032
Phonetic component	左	我
Rime group	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	醝	莪
Old Chinese	/*zlaːl/	/*ŋaːl/
Notes	亦作嵳

Adjective

嵯峨

1. (literary, ideophonic) high and steep; precipitous

Derived terms

玉嵯峨

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
嵯	峨
さ Jinmeiyō	が Jinmeiyō

Etymology

a surname derived from a place name in Kyoto. [1]

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) さ​が [sáꜜgà] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
• IPA^(key): [sa̠ɡa̠]

Adjective

嵯(さ)峨(が) • (saga) ^†-tari (adnominal 嵯(さ)峨(が)たる (saga taru), adverbial 嵯(さ)峨(が)と (saga to) or 嵯(さ)峨(が)として (saga to shite))

1. (dated) high and steep (for a mountain, etc.)

Proper noun

嵯(さ)峨(が) • (Saga) 

1. a surname
2. a place name:
   1. an area names in Ukyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
      1. Synonym: 嵯峨野 (Sagano)

References

1. “嵯峨の由来、語源、分布 (lit. Etymology and distribution of Saga)”, in 日本姓氏語源辞典・人名力 (lit. The Japanese surnames etymology dictionary)‎ (in Japanese), accessed 2021-05-11
2. “嵯峨”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN