ㄢ

See also: 马 and 𢎘

ㄢ U+3122, ㄢ BOPOMOFO LETTER AN ← ㄡ [U+3121] Bopomofo ㄣ → [U+3123]

Translingual

Stroke order

Letter

ㄢ

1. type: nasal rhyme
2. general transliteration: an
3. keyboard key: 0

Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from the ancient character 𢎘 (hàn) (Mandarin: hàn).

Etymology

Derived from the ancient character 𢎘 (hàn) (Mandarin: hàn).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ān (an¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ān
    • Zhuyin: ㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: an
    • Wade–Giles: an¹
    • Yale: ān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: an
    • Palladius: ань (anʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵/

Letter

1. 30th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
2. 50th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

Phoneme

1. (general) Sound IPA^(key): /än/ (Pinyin: an), which is present in Chinese apart from Wu dialects.
2. (when pronounced alone) Sound IPA^(key): /ˀän/ (Pinyin: an)

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. 39th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.

Phoneme

1. sound IPA^(key): /an/ (Hutton): an

References

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