峨 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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lofty

Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 我 represents the sound. Simplified form of 峩.

Components

山 Meaning component

shān

mountain

我 Sound component

wǒ

I; me

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

lofty; name of a mountain

variant of 峨[é]

Most common words with 峨

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	峨	lofty
	峨眉	Emei township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣\|新竹县[XīnzhúXiàn], northwest Taiwan
	巍峨	lofty
	峨眉山	Emeishan city
	峨眉山市	Emeishan county level city in Leshan 樂山\|乐山[Lèshān], Sichuan

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3063rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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