also: ちゃんあ
Chang'e (Chinese moon goddess)
Refers to the mythological Chinese goddess of the moon, known from the Mid-Autumn Festival legend. In Japanese, typically read as じょうが.
Chang'e is a Chinese goddess who lives on the moon.
The legend of Chang'e is often told during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Standard kanji form for the Chinese moon goddess Chang'e, using the Japanese on'yomi reading じょうが.
Katakana form reflecting the modern Chinese pronunciation; used in some contexts, but 嫦娥 with reading じょうが is more common in Japanese texts.
From Chinese 嫦娥 (Cháng'é), the name of the moon goddess in Chinese mythology. The Japanese reading じょうが is the on'yomi of the kanji, while チャンア is a direct borrowing of the modern Chinese pronunciation.