ㄒ

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See also: 丅, 下, T, and ㆺ

ㄒ U+3112, ㄒ
BOPOMOFO LETTER X
← ㄑ
 		Bopomofo ㄓ →

Translingual

Stroke order
2 strokes

Letter

ㄒ

  1. type: initial consonant
  2. general transliteration: x
  3. keyboard key: V

Descendants

Chinese

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Glyph origin

Derived from 丅 (xià), ancient form of 下 (xià) (Mandarin: xià).

Etymology

Initial consonant derived from 下 (xià) (Mandarin: xià) + rhyme.

Pronunciation

Letter

  1. 14th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
  2. 20th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

Phoneme

  1. (general) Sound IPA(key): /ɕ/
    help (Pinyin: x), which is present in Standard Chinese, however it is not present in Cantonese, Amoy, Hakka, and Fuzhou dialects.
  2. (Cantonese, Hakka) Sound IPA(key): /s/ (Jyutping: s).
  3. (Amoy, obsolete) Sound IPA(key): /h/ (Pinyin: h), when it is followed by ㄧ (Pinyin: i).

References

Northern Qiandong Miao

Letter

  1. 17th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.

Phoneme

  1. sound IPA(key): /ɕ/ (Hutton): sh

References

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