ㄏ

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See also: 厂, ㆷ, and ㄏﾞ

ㄏ U+310F, ㄏ
BOPOMOFO LETTER H
← ㄎ
 		Bopomofo ㄐ →

Translingual

Stroke order
2 strokes

Letter

ㄏ

  1. type: initial consonant
  2. general transliteration: h
  3. keyboard key: C

Descendants

Chinese

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Glyph origin

Derived from the archaic character and current radical 厂 (Mandarin: hǎn).

Etymology 1

Initial consonant derived from 厂 (Mandarin: hǎn) + rhyme.

Pronunciation

  • (Mandarin) Phoneme:
    Audio (Pinyin); “h” /x/:(file)
  • (Mandarin) Phoneme: IPA(key): /h/ (Pinyin: h), which is only present in characters that express laughter, such as 哈 and 呵)
  • (non-Mandarin) Phoneme: IPA(key): /h/ (Pinyin: h), which is commonly present in non-Mandarin varieties)

    • Letter

    ㄏ

    1. 11th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
    2. 15th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

    Etymology 2

    Simplified from 呵, typing only ㄏ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboards.

    Definitions

    For pronunciation and definitions of ㄏ – see 呵 (“to shout; to cry out; etc.”).
    (This character is an Internet slang variant form of 呵).

    Etymology 3

    Simplified from 哈, typing only ㄏ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboards.

    Definitions

    For pronunciation and definitions of ㄏ – see 哈 (“many; plenteous; opening; moving; etc.”).
    (This character is an Internet slang variant form of 哈).

    Etymology 4

    Confused with 厂, simplified version of 廠 / 厂 (chǎng) as it is not common to enter simplified characters with a Zhuyin keyboard or transliterate with Zhuyin, so the users are not familiar with it. The confusion was so common, it became a standard slang version of the character.

    Definitions

    For pronunciation and definitions of ㄏ – see 廠 (“shack; shed; etc.”).
    (This character is an Internet slang variant form of 廠).

    References

    Northern Qiandong Miao

    Etymology 1

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    ㄏ (h', h) (Hutton)

    1. 13th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet, representing a fricative

    Etymology 2

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    ㄏ (n) (Hutton)

    1. 16th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet, representing a nasal

    References

    • Joakim Enwall, A Myth Become Reality Vol.1 (Stockholm, 1994) page 198
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