ㄖ

See also: 日 and 𠮚

ㄖ U+3116, ㄖ BOPOMOFO LETTER R ← ㄕ [U+3115] Bopomofo ㄗ → [U+3117]

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order (traditional)

Letter

ㄖ

1. type: initial consonant
2. general transliteration: r
3. keyboard key: B

Alternative forms

• ⿻口·, that is 口 radical with a dot inside.

Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from the oracle bone script , bronze inscription , or seal script form of 日 (Mandarin: rì), "day, sun".

Etymology

Initial consonant derived from 日 (Mandarin: rì), "day, sun" + rhyme.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rī (ri¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖ

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rī
    • Zhuyin: ㄖ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rih
    • Wade–Giles: jih¹
    • Yale: r̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rhy
    • Palladius: жи (ži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵⁵/

Letter

1. 18th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
2. 26th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

Phoneme

1. (when followed by a rhyme) Sound IPA^(key): /ɻ~ʐ/ (Pinyin: r), which is present only in Mandarin dialects.
2. (when standing alone) Sound IPA^(key): /ʐ̩/ (Pinyin: ri).

   alt. forms: ㄖㄭ obsolete, analytic

3. (when followed by ㄭ) Sound IPA^(key): /ʐ̩/ (Pinyin: ri).
4. (Hakka, Fuzhou) Sound IPA^(key): /ʒ/ (Pinyin: r)

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. 21st letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.

Phoneme

1. sound IPA^(key): /ɹ/ (Hutton): r, rï

References

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