ㄥ

ㄥ U+3125, ㄥ BOPOMOFO LETTER ENG ← ㄤ [U+3124] Bopomofo ㄦ → [U+3126]

Translingual

Stroke order

Letter

ㄥ

1. type: nasal rhyme
2. general transliteration: eng
3. keyboard key: /

Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from 𠃋 (gōng), an ancient form of 肱 (gōng) (Mandarin: gōng)

Etymology

Derived from 𠃋 (gōng), an ancient form of 肱 (gōng) (Mandarin: gōng)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ēng (eng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: eng
    • Wade–Giles: êng¹
    • Yale: ēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eng
    • Palladius: эн (en)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤŋ⁵⁵/

Letter

1. 33rd letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
2. 55th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

Phoneme

1. (general) Sound IPA^(key): /ɤŋ/ (Pinyin: eng), which is present only in Mandarin.
2. (when pronounced alone) Sound IPA^(key): /ˀɤŋ/ (Pinyin: eng)
3. (after ㄧ, ㄨ, or ㄩ) Sound IPA^(key): /ŋ/ (Pinyin: ng)

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. 42nd letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.

Phoneme

1. sound IPA^(key): /əŋ/ (Hutton): eng

References

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