ㄔ

See also: 彳

ㄔ U+3114, ㄔ BOPOMOFO LETTER CH ← ㄓ [U+3113] Bopomofo ㄕ → [U+3115]

Translingual

Stroke order

Letter

ㄔ

1. type: initial consonant
2. general transliteration: ch
3. keyboard key: T

Descendants

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from character and radical 彳 (chì) (Mandarin: chì).

Etymology

Initial consonant derived from 彳 (chì) (Mandarin: chì) + rhyme.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chī (chi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chī
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chih
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹
    • Yale: chr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy
    • Palladius: чи (či)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/

Letter

1. 16th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
2. 24th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

Phoneme

1. (when followed by a rhyme) Sound IPA^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰ/ (Pinyin: ch), which is present in Standard Chinese, but not in other dialects.
2. (when standing alone) Sound IPA^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩/ (Pinyin: chi).

   alt. forms: ㄔㄭ obsolete, analytic

3. (Hakka) Sound IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰ/ (Pinyin: ch)

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. 19th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.

Phoneme

1. sound IPA^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰ/ (Hutton): ts'

References

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