ㄋ

See also: 𠄎, 乃, and ㄯ

ㄋ U+310B, ㄋ BOPOMOFO LETTER N ← ㄊ [U+310A] Bopomofo ㄌ → [U+310C]

Translingual

Stroke order

Letter

ㄋ

1. type: initial consonant
2. general transliteration: n
3. keyboard key: S

Descendants

• ㄯ

Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from /𠄎 (nǎi), ancient form of 乃 (nǎi) (Mandarin: nǎi), "be".

Etymology 1

Initial consonant derived from 乃 (nǎi) (Mandarin: nǎi), "be" + rhyme.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nē (ne¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄜ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nē
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ne
    • Wade–Giles: nê¹
    • Yale: nē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nhe
    • Palladius: нэ (nɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɤ⁵⁵/

Letter

1. 7th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
2. 9th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

Phoneme

1. (general) Sound IPA^(key): /n/ (Pinyin: n), which is commonly present in Chinese.
2. (when used in a syllable without a rhyme) used as a modern alternative to (simplification of) ㄯ, representing the sound /n̩/, transliterating characters such as 咹, 哽, 唔, 嗯, 哏, and 唵.

   alt. forms: ㄯ

Etymology 2

Simplified from 你 (nǐ), typing only ㄋ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboards.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of ㄋ – see 你 (“you; your”). (This character is an Internet slang variant form of 你).

For pronunciation and definitions of ㄋ – see 妳 (“you”). (This character is an Internet slang variant form of 妳).

Etymology 3

Simplified from 呢, typing only ㄋ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboards.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of ㄋ – see 呢 (“What about ...?; And ...?; etc.”). (This character is an Internet slang variant form of 呢).

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. 8th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.

Phoneme

1. sound /n/ (Hutton): n

References

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