ㄇ
See also: 冂 [U+5182 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5182], 冖 [U+5196 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5196], Π [U+03A0 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PI], π [U+03C0 GREEK SMALL LETTER PI], ㅠ [U+3160 HANGUL LETTER YU], and ㆬ [U+31AC BOPOMOFO LETTER IM]
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Letter edit
ㄇ
- type: initial consonant
- general transliteration: m
- keyboard key: A
Descendants edit
- ㆬ,
Chinese edit
Glyph origin edit
Derived from 冂 (jiōng), the archaic character and current "cover" radical 冖 (mì) (Mandarin: mì).
Etymology 1 edit
Initial consonant derived from "cover" radical 冖 (mì) (Mandarin: mì) + rhyme.
Pronunciation edit
Letter edit
- 3rd letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
- 4th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet
Phoneme edit
- (general) sound IPA(key): /m/
(Pinyin: m), which is commonly present in Chinese - (when used in a syllable without a rhyme) used as a modern alternative to (simplification of) ㆬ, representing the sound /m̩/, transliterating characters such as 嘸, 呒, 唔, and 呣.
- alt. forms: ㆬ
Etymology 2 edit
Simplified from 嗎/吗 / 吗, typing only ㄇ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboards.
Definitions edit
For pronunciation and definitions of ㄇ – see 嗎. (This character is an Internet slang variant form of 嗎). |
References edit
- 全國主要方言區方音對照表, Chinese Character Reform Commission, Beijing: ZhonghuaBook Company, 1954
- Unicode Bopomofo block description: https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U3100.pdf
Northern Qiandong Miao edit
Letter edit
- 3rd letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.
Phoneme edit
- sound /m/ (Hutton): m
References edit
- Joakim Enwall, A Myth Become Reality Vol.1 (Stockholm, 1994) page 198