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U+3106, ㄆ
BOPOMOFO LETTER P

[U+3105]
Bopomofo
[U+3107]

Translingual

Stroke order
Stroke order

Letter

  1. type: initial consonant (bilabial)
  2. general transliteration: p
  3. keyboard key: Q

Descendants

Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from , a variant form of () (Mandarin: ), "to knock lightly".

Etymology 1

Initial consonant derived from () (Mandarin: ), "to knock lightly" + rhyme.

Pronunciation


  • Phoneme:
    Audio (Pinyin); p /pʰ/:(file)
  • Letter

    1. 2nd letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
    2. 3rd letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

    Etymology 2

    Simplified from (), typing only ㄆ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboards.

    Definitions

    For pronunciation and definitions of – see .
    (This character is an Internet slang variant form of ).

    References

    Northern Qiandong Miao

    Pronunciation

    • Phoneme: IPA(key): /pʰ/

    Letter

    (p') (Hutton)

    1. 2nd letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet

    References

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