ㄑ

See also: く, 巛, 川, ㇛, 〱, and ㄍ

ㄑ U+3111, ㄑ BOPOMOFO LETTER Q ← ㄐ [U+3110] Bopomofo ㄒ → [U+3112]

Translingual

Stroke order

Letter

ㄑ

1. type: initial consonant
2. general transliteration: q
3. keyboard key: F

Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from 𡿨 (quǎn), an ancient form of 畎 (quǎn) (Mandarin: quǎn).

Etymology

Initial consonant derived from 畎 (quǎn) (Mandarin: quǎn) + rhyme.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qī (qi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qī
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ci
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi¹
    • Yale: chī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chi
    • Palladius: ци (ci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/

Letter

1. 13th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
2. 18th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

Phoneme

1. (general) Sound IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰ/ (Pinyin: q), which is commonly present in Chinese, with one of the exceptions being Amoy dialect.

References

• 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

Letter

1. 15th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.

Phoneme

1. sound IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰ/ (Hutton): ch

References

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