Chinese Dialects : List with all references

Number: 2395

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 額

MC description : 梗開二入陌疑

ZIHUI: 7345 0213

Beijing: ô 12

Jinan: ŋǝ 12

Xi'an: ŋei 11

Taiyuan: ŋǝʔ 41; ŋaʔ 41

Hankou: ŋô 12

Chengdu: ŋe 12

Yangzhou: ǝʔ 4

Suzhou: ŋôʔ 42

Wenzhou: ŋa 42

Changsha: ŋô 4

Shuangfeng: ŋiɛ 11 (lit.); ŋo 31

Nanchang: ŋɛt 41

Meixian: ńiak 41

Guangzhou: ŋāk 42

Xiamen: gîk 42 (lit.); hiaʔ 42

Chaozhou: hiaʔ 42

Fuzhou: ŋieʔ 42

Shanghai: ŋôʔ 42

Zhongyuan yinyun: ai 43

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Chinese characters :

Character: 額

Modern (Beijing) reading: é

Preclassic Old Chinese: ŋhrāk

Classic Old Chinese: ŋhrāk

Western Han Chinese: ŋhrāk

Eastern Han Chinese: ŋhrāk

Early Postclassic Chinese: ŋhẹ̄k

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ŋhẹ̄k

Late Postclassic Chinese: ŋhẹ̄k

Middle Chinese: ŋạ̈ik

English meaning : be obstreperous

Russian meaning[s]: 1) лоб; 2) установленное число; штатное количество; контингент; штаты; штатный; 3) вывеска; 4) Э (фамилия)

Comments: The word is used since Han with the meaning 'forehead' (which must be archaic - to judge from the drawing, but late attested). A later metaphorical meaning is 'cadre (of permanent officials)'. For *ŋh- cf. Xiamen hiaʔ⁸, Chaozhou hiaʔ⁸, Meixian ńiak⁷.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 181

Four-angle index: 8081

Karlgren code: 0766 |j ́

Vietnamese reading: ngạch

Jianchuan Bai: ŋɛ6-

Dali Bai: ŋer6-

Bijiang Bai: ŋa6-

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