峨眉
Meanings
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- 1.(used in place names, notably 峨眉山[É méi Shān] Mount Emei in Sichuan)
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Wiktionary
- 1.Mount Emei
- 2.Emei (a rural township in Hsinchu County, Taiwan)
- 3.(historical) Emei (a historical county of China; now Emeishan City, Sichuan)
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Etymology
峨眉 derives from the word 蛾眉 (“the feathery feelers of a moth”), so named because the peaks of Mount Emei resemble the feelers of a moth (see pictures). The "insect" radical (虫) on the left side of the first character 蛾 was later replaced with the "mountain" radical (山). Thus, 蛾 eventually became 峨, so as to denote the mountain. Occasionally, the radical is placed on top: 峩. The "mountain" radical can be optionally added to the second character 眉. Both 峨嵋 and 峨眉 have been used through the centuries.
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Related words
峨眉山 see 峨眉山市[É méi shān Shì]峨眉山 Mount Emei in Sichuan, one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism峨眉乡 Emei township in Hsinchu County 新竹县[Xīn zhú Xiàn], northwest Taiwan峨眉山市 Emeishan, a county-level city in Leshan City 乐山市[Lè shān Shì], Sichuan峨眉柳莺 (bird species of China) Emei leaf warbler (Phylloscopus emeiensis)