嫦娥

Etymology
Euphemistic form of from the Han dynasty, since  is homophonous with, the personal name of.

Proper noun

 * , the Chinese goddess of the moon

Noun

 * 1)  moon
 * 2)  graceful, beautiful woman

Etymology
→ →

From.

The pronunciation, so likely the initial borrowing.

First cited in Japanese to a text from 827.

Proper noun

 * , the Chinese goddess of the moon
 * 1)   the moon
 * 1)   the moon