俄

俄 U+4FC4, 俄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FC4 ← 促 [U+4FC3] CJK Unified Ideographs 俅 → [U+4FC5]

俄 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人竹手戈 (OHQI), four-corner 2325₀, composition ⿰亻我)

• 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

simp. and trad.		俄

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋaːl) : semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 我 (OC *ŋaːlʔ).

俄

1. suddenly; (very) soon; presently

   俄而  ―  é'ér  ―  after a while; presently

2. tilted

俄

1. Short for 俄羅斯／俄罗斯 (Éluósī).: Russia (A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)

   俄語／俄语  ―  Éyǔ  ―  Russian language

• “俄”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

• Go-on: が (ga)
• Kan-on: が (ga)
• Kun: にわか (niwaka, 俄)^{←にはか (nifaka, 俄, historical)}

Kanji in this term
俄
にわか Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 俄 – see the following entry.

【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.)

Kanji in this term
俄
が Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 俄 (MC nga).

• IPA^(key): [ɡa̠]

俄(が) • (ga) 

1. sudden, abrupt, unexpected

• 俄然(がぜん) (gazen)

俄 (eum 아 (a))

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俄: Hán Việt readings: nga (五(ngũ)何(hà)切(thiết))^{[1][2][3][4][5]}
俄: Nôm readings: nga^[1][2][3][6], ngoa^[2]

1. chữ Hán form of Nga, nga (“Russia, Russian”).
2. chữ Hán form of nga (“sudden; in an instant”).

• 㗂俄 (tiếng Nga)