ㄨ

See also: メ, 㐅, 乂, ㆨ, ㆫ, and X

ㄨ U+3128, ㄨ BOPOMOFO LETTER U ← ㄧ [U+3127] Bopomofo ㄩ → [U+3129]

Translingual

Stroke order

Letter

ㄨ

1. type: medial
2. general transliteration: u
3. keyboard key: J

Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from 㐅 (wǔ), ancient form of 五 (wǔ) (Mandarin: wǔ).

Etymology

Derived from 㐅 (wǔ), ancient form of 五 (wǔ) (Mandarin: wǔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wū (wu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wū
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wu
    • Wade–Giles: wu¹
    • Yale: wū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: u
    • Palladius: у (u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵/

Letter

ㄨ

1. 36th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
2. 60th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

Phoneme

1. (general) Sound IPA^(key): /u/ (Pinyin: wu).

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

ㄨ

1. 29th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.

Phoneme

1. sound IPA^(key): /u/ (Hutton): oo

References

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