ㄒ

See also: 丅, 下, T, and ㆺ

ㄒ U+3112, ㄒ BOPOMOFO LETTER X ← ㄑ [U+3111] Bopomofo ㄓ → [U+3113]

Translingual

Stroke order

Letter

ㄒ

1. type: initial consonant
2. general transliteration: x
3. keyboard key: V

Descendants

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from 丅 (xià), ancient form of 下 (xià) (Mandarin: xià).

Etymology

Initial consonant derived from 下 (xià) (Mandarin: xià) + rhyme.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: si
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹
    • Yale: syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/

Letter

1. 14th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
2. 20th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

Phoneme

1. (general) Sound IPA^(key): /ɕ/ (Pinyin: x), which is present in Standard Chinese, however it is not present in Cantonese, Amoy, Hakka, and Fuzhou dialects.
2. (Cantonese, Hakka) Sound IPA^(key): /s/ (Jyutping: s).
3. (Amoy, obsolete) Sound IPA^(key): /h/ (Pinyin: h), when it is followed by ㄧ (Pinyin: i).

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. 17th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.

Phoneme

1. sound IPA^(key): /ɕ/ (Hutton): sh

References

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