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| − | <WL>嫦 [ | + | <WL>嫦 [cháng] 嫦娥 Cháng'é lady/goddess of the moon@@; (HDZ:) (神话) “嫦娥”, 姮娥: … |
| − | + | The character 嫦 Cháng ‘lady/goddess (of the moon)’ (嫦娥) combines 女 (nǚ) ‘woman’ (lady/goddess), and 常() cháng ‘constant/endure’ (phonosemantic); formerly wr. 姮. | |
| + | Note: In Hàn times the old name 姮娥 was changed to 嫦娥, by taboo avoidance of the imperial name 桓 (HDZ); in anc. myth 姮/嫦娥 was the beautiful wife of the legendary barbarian archer 后羿; after his suicide she took her own life and was immortalized as a personification of the moon (which dies each month in relation to the sun). | ||
| + | Compare: 婵/嬋 chán ‘beautiful/lovely; moon/moonlight’; 蟾 chán ‘toad (in the moon)’ (詹/蟾諸=蟾蜍). | ||
| + | HDZ: 嫦 : cháng : “嫦娥”, 姮娥: 汉文帝名桓, 因避其讳而改姮为嫦, (传说) 后羿之妻, 窃羿不死之药奔月, (后) 后世遂称月宫仙女为嫦娥 | ||
| + | HDC: 嫦娥 : (古) (神话) 月中女神; 月亮 | ||
| + | HDC: 奔月 : (古) (神话) 后羿之妻姮娥,偷吃了羿的不死之药奔入月中 | ||
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#c女常 | #c女常 | ||
| − | #y seuhng\</WL> | + | #y seuhng\ |
| + | </WL> | ||
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