ㄒ

See also: 丅, 下, T, and ㆺ

ㄒ U+3112, ㄒ
BOPOMOFO LETTER X
← ㄑ
[U+3111] 		Bopomofo ㄓ →
[U+3113]

Translingual

Stroke order

Letter

ㄒ

  1. type: initial consonant (alveolo-palatal)
  2. general transliteration: x
  3. keyboard key: V

Descendants

Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from 丅 (xià), ancient form of 下 (xià) (Mandarin: xià).

Etymology

Initial consonant derived from 下 (xià) (Mandarin: xià) + rhyme.

Pronunciation

  • (general) Phoneme:
    Audio (Pinyin); “x” /ɕ/:(file)
  • (Cantonese, Hakka) Phoneme: IPA(key): /s/ (Jyutping: s)
  • (Amoy, obsolete) Phoneme: IPA(key): /h/ (Pinyin: h, when it is followed by ㄧ (Pinyin: i))

    • Letter

    ㄒ

    1. 14th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
    2. 20th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

    References

    Northern Qiandong Miao

    Pronunciation

    • Phoneme: IPA(key): /ɕ/

    Letter

    ㄒ (sh) (Hutton)

    1. 17th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet

    References

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