ㄪ

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See also: 万 and 方

ㄪ U+312A, ㄪ
BOPOMOFO LETTER V
← ㄩ
 		Bopomofo ㄫ →

Translingual

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Letter

ㄪ

  1. type: initial
  2. general transliteration: v

Chinese

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Etymology

Derived from 万, a simplified form of 萬.

Pronunciation

Letter

ㄪ

  1. (obsolete) A letter of the Zhuyin alphabet.
  2. 5th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

Phoneme

  1. (general) Sound IPA(key): /v/ (Pinyin: v).

Usage notes

  • The letter was used to represent /v/ in the Old National Pronunciation (1913–1932). Now it is only used for dialectal pronunciations. In the old alphabet, it was the 5th letter, between ㄈ and ㄉ.
  • 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard Pinyin pronunciation for each letter, using v to represent ㄪ (vō), which is obsolete in standard Mandarin. This is one of the only instances of the letter v being used in standard Pinyin.

References

Northern Qiandong Miao

Letter

ㄪ

  1. 5th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.

Phoneme

  1. sound IPA(key): /w/ (Hutton): v

References

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