ㄟ

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See also: 乀, 乁, へ, ヘ, 移, and 及

ㄟ U+311F, ㄟ
BOPOMOFO LETTER EI
← ㄞ
 		Bopomofo ㄠ →

Translingual

Stroke order
1 stroke

Letter

ㄟ

  1. type: diphthong rhyme
  2. general transliteration: ei
  3. keyboard key: O

Chinese

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Glyph origin

Derived from 乁, an ancient form of 移 (yí) (Mandarin: yí, Middle Chinese: jiᴇ), "move".

Etymology 1

Derived from 移 (yí) (Mandarin: yí, Middle Chinese: jiᴇ), "move".

Pronunciation

Letter

  1. 27th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
  2. 42nd letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

Phoneme

  1. (general) Sound IPA(key): /eɪ̯/ (Pinyin: ei), which is present in Standard Chinese and Cantonese.
  2. (when pronounced alone) Sound IPA(key): /ˀeɪ̯/ (Pinyin: ei)
  3. (Lower Yangtze Mandarin) Sound IPA(key): /əi/ (Pinyin: ei)
  4. (Sichuanese) Sound IPA(key): /e/ or (Pinyin: ei)

Etymology 2

Simplified from 誒／诶/诶, typing only ㄟ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboards.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of ㄟ – see 誒.
(This character is an Internet slang variant form of 誒).

Etymology 3

Simplified from 欸, typing only ㄟ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboards.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of ㄟ – see 欸.
(This character is an Internet slang variant form of 欸).

Etymology 4

Simplified from 個／个 and 兮, typing only ㄟ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboards.

Pronunciation

Definitions

  1. (Hokkien) possessive particle
    → 嘅 (ge3) (Cantonese), 格 (kaq) (Wu), 的 (ê) (Hokkien)

Usage notes

The correct extended bopomofo symbol for the syllable is ㆤ.

References

Northern Qiandong Miao

Letter

  1. 36th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.

Phoneme

  1. sound IPA(key): /ei/ (Hutton): ei

References

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