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U+312B, ㄫ
BOPOMOFO LETTER NG

[U+312A]
Bopomofo
[U+312C]

Translingual

Stroke order
0 strokes

Letter

  1. type: initial consonant
  2. general transliteration: ng

Descendants

Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from (Mandarin: ), "towering".

Etymology

Initial consonant derived from Old National Pronunciation of (Mandarin: ), "towering".

Pronunciation


Letter

  1. (when used in a syllable without a rhyme) An additional letter of Zhuyin alphabet, used as a modern alternative to (simplification of) , representing the sound /ŋ̍/, transliterating characters such as , , , , 𠮾, and .
    alt. forms:
  2. (obsolete) A letter of the Zhuyin alphabet.
  3. 12th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

Usage notes

The letter was used to represent /ŋ/ in the Old National Pronunciation (19131932). Now it is only used for dialectal pronunciations or for transcription of six characters listed under sense 1. The character is not used very often and is not present on most keyboards. In the old alphabet, it was the 12th letter, between and .

References

Northern Qiandong Miao

Letter

  1. 12th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.

Phoneme

  1. sound IPA(key): /ŋ/ (Hutton): ng

References

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