ㄓ

See also: 㞢, 之, and ㄭ

ㄓ U+3113, ㄓ BOPOMOFO LETTER ZH ← ㄒ [U+3112] Bopomofo ㄔ → [U+3114]

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order (unofficial)

Letter

ㄓ

1. type: initial consonant (retroflex)
2. general transliteration: zh
3. keyboard key: 5

Descendants

• ,

Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from 㞢, a historic form of 之 (zhī) (Mandarin: zhī).

Etymology

Initial consonant derived from 之 (zhī) (Mandarin: zhī) + rhyme.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhī (zhi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhih
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹
    • Yale: jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy
    • Palladius: чжи (čži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

(when followed by a rhyme) Phoneme:

Audio (Pinyin); “zh” /ʈ͡ʂ/:

(file)

(when standing alone) Phoneme:

Audio (Pinyin); “zhi” /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩/:

(file)

alt. forms: ㄓㄭ obsolete, analytic

(Hakka) Phoneme: IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/ (Pinyin: zh)

Letter

ㄓ

1. 15th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
2. 23rd letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

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

Pronunciation

• Phoneme: IPA^(key): /ʈ͡ʂ/

Letter

ㄓ (ts) (Hutton)

1. 18th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet

References

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