ㄏ

See also: 厂, ㆷ, and ㄏﾞ

ㄏ	U+310F, ㄏ BOPOMOFO LETTER H

← ㄎ
[U+310E]

Bopomofo

ㄐ →
[U+3110]

Translingual

Stroke order

Letter

ㄏ

type: initial consonant (velar/glottal*)
general transliteration: h
keyboard key: C

Descendants

ㄏﾞ, ㆷ,

Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from the archaic character and current radical 厂 (Mandarin: hǎn).

Etymology 1

Initial consonant derived from 厂 (Mandarin: hǎn) + rhyme.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hē (he¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hē
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: he
  - Wade–Giles: ho¹
  - Yale: hē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: he
  - Palladius: хэ (xɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ⁵⁵/

(Mandarin) Phoneme:

Audio (Pinyin); “h” /x/:

(file)

(Mandarin) Phoneme: IPA^(key): /h/ (Pinyin: h), which is only present in characters that express laughter, such as 哈 and 呵)

(non-Mandarin) Phoneme: IPA^(key): /h/ (Pinyin: h), which is commonly present in non-Mandarin varieties)

Letter

ㄏ

11th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
15th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

Etymology 2

Simplified from 呵, typing only ㄏ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboards.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of ㄏ – see 呵 (“to shout; to cry out; etc.”). (This character is an Internet slang variant form of 呵).

Etymology 3

Simplified from 哈, typing only ㄏ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboards.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of ㄏ – see 哈 (“many; plenteous; opening; moving; etc.”). (This character is an Internet slang variant form of 哈).

Etymology 4

Confused with 厂, simplified version of 廠 / 厂 (chǎng) as it is not common to enter simplified characters with a Zhuyin keyboard or transliterate with Zhuyin, so the users are not familiar with it. The confusion was so common, it became a standard slang version of the character.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of ㄏ – see 廠 (“shack; shed; etc.”). (This character is an Internet slang variant form of 廠).

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Phoneme: IPA^(key): /χ/

Letter

ㄏ (h', h) (Hutton)

13th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet, representing a fricative

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Phoneme: IPA^(key): /nʲ/

Letter

ㄏ (n) (Hutton)

16th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet, representing a nasal

References

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