ㄩ

See also: 凵

ㄩ U+3129, ㄩ BOPOMOFO LETTER IU ← ㄨ [U+3128] Bopomofo ㄪ → [U+312A]

Translingual

Stroke order

Letter

ㄩ

1. type: medial
2. general transliteration: ü
3. keyboard key: M

Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from 𠙴 (qū), an ancient form of 𥬔 (qū) (Mandarin: qū).

Etymology

Derived from 𠙴 (qū), an ancient form of 𥬔 (qū) (Mandarin: qū).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yū (yu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yū
    • Zhuyin: ㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yu
    • Wade–Giles: yü¹
    • Yale: yū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iu
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵⁵/

Letter

ㄩ

1. 37th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
2. 63rd letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

Phoneme

1. (general) Sound IPA^(key): /y/ (Pinyin: yu).

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

ㄩ

1. 30th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.

Phoneme

1. sound IPA^(key): /y/ (Hutton): ü

References

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