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See also: 冂 ,
冖 ,
Π ,
π ,
ㅠ , and ㆬ
Translingual
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Letter
ㄇ
- type: initial consonant
- general transliteration: m
- keyboard key: A
Descendants
Chinese
Glyph origin
Derived from 冂 (jiōng), the archaic character and current "cover" radical 冖 (mì) (Mandarin: mì).
Etymology 1
Initial consonant derived from "cover" radical 冖 (mì) (Mandarin: mì) + rhyme.
Pronunciation
Letter
- 3rd letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
- 4th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet
Phoneme
- (general) sound IPA(key): /m/ help (Pinyin: m), which is commonly present in Chinese
- (when used in a syllable without a rhyme) used as a modern alternative to (simplification of) ㆬ, representing the sound /m̩/, transliterating characters such as 嘸, 呒, 唔, and 呣.
- alt. forms: ㆬ
Etymology 2
Simplified from 嗎／吗 / 吗, typing only ㄇ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboards.
Definitions
For pronunciation and definitions of ㄇ – see 嗎.
(This character is an Internet slang variant form of 嗎). |
References
Northern Qiandong Miao
Letter
- 3rd letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.
Phoneme
- sound /m/ (Hutton): m
References
- Joakim Enwall, A Myth Become Reality Vol.1 (Stockholm, 1994) page 198
