ㄛ

See also: ㄜ, 𠀀, 丂, ㄮ, ㆦ, ㆧ, and ㆱ

ㄛ U+311B, ㄛ BOPOMOFO LETTER O ← ㄚ [U+311A] Bopomofo ㄜ → [U+311C]

Translingual

Stroke order

Letter

ㄛ

1. type: monophthong rhyme
2. general transliteration: o
3. keyboard key: I

Descendants

• ㄜ, ㄮ, ㆦ, ㆧ, ㆱ,

Chinese

Glyph origin

Old variant of ㄛ (around 1932)

Old variant of ㄛ (around 1949)

Derived from 𠀀, inhalation, the reverse of 丂 (kǎo) and an ancient form of 呵 (Mandarin: hē).

Etymology

Derived from 𠀀, inhalation, the reverse of 丂 (kǎo) and an ancient form of 呵 (Mandarin: hē).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ō (o¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄛ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ō
    • Zhuyin: ㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: o
    • Wade–Giles: o¹
    • Yale: ō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: o
    • Palladius: о (o)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɔ⁵⁵/

(general, except for Hokkien) Phoneme: IPA^(key): /ɔ/ (Pinyin: o)

(when pronounced alone) Phoneme: IPA^(key): /ˀɔ/ (Pinyin: o)

(obsolete, up until 1920) Phoneme:

Audio; /ɤ/:

(file)

alt. forms: ㄮ (ē) obsolete, ㄜ (ē)

(when preceded by a labial initial consonant (ㄅ, ㄆ, ㄇ, ㄈ, ㄪ)) Phoneme: IPA^(key): /wɔ/ (Pinyin: o)

alt. forms: ㄨㄛ rarely

(some varieties, including Hokkien) Phoneme: IPA^(key): /o/ (Pinyin: o)

(southern Taiwanese varieties) Phoneme: IPA^(key): /ə/ (Pinyin: or)

Letter

ㄛ

1. 23rd letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
2. 33rd 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): /o/

Letter

ㄛ (o, e) (Hutton)

1. 32nd letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet

References

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