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U+312A, ㄪ
BOPOMOFO LETTER V

Bopomofo

Translingual

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Letter

  1. type: initial
  2. general transliteration: v

Chinese

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Etymology

Derived from , a simplified form of .

Pronunciation


Letter

  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 and .
  • 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard Pinyin pronunciation for each letter, using v to represent (), which is obsolete in standard Mandarin.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

  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