Chang'e

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4/23/2024, 9:35 PM Mike C chang02e update #115
12/7/2022, 9:35 PM Mike C chang02e added (from user-submitted name 276120)
10/31/2020, 1:07 PM HL 276120
12/9/2018, 7:48 PM HL 276120
9/21/2018, 4:09 PM Evil 276120
12/19/2017, 1:34 AM Ryan Yeung

Gender Feminine
Usage Chinese Mythology
Scripts 嫦娥(Chinese)
Pronounced Pron. CHANG-U(Chinese)

Meaning & History

Means "beautiful Chang", from Chinese 嫦 (Chang), a character that refers to the goddess herself, combined with 娥 (é) meaning "beautiful, good". In Chinese mythology this is the name of a goddess of the moon, the wife of the archer Hou Yi. Her original name 姮娥 (Heng'e) was changed to avoid the taboo of sharing a homophonic character with the 2nd-century BC Emperor Wen of Han (personal name Heng).