ㄞ

See also: 𠀅 and ㆮ

ㄞ U+311E, ㄞ BOPOMOFO LETTER AI ← ㄝ [U+311D] Bopomofo ㄟ → [U+311F]

Translingual

Stroke order

Letter

ㄞ

1. type: diphthong rhyme
2. general transliteration: ai
3. keyboard key: 9

Descendants

• ㆮ

Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from 𠀅 (hài), a historic form of 亥 (hài) (Mandarin: hài) "12th earthly branch".

Etymology

Derived from 亥 (hài) (Mandarin: hài) "12th earthly branch".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āi (ai¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄞ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āi
    • Zhuyin: ㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ai
    • Wade–Giles: ai¹
    • Yale: āi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ai
    • Palladius: ай (aj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵/

Letter

1. 26th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
2. 40th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

Phoneme

1. (general) Sound IPA^(key): /aɪ̯/ (Pinyin: ai), which is present in Chinese apart from Wu dialects.
2. (when pronounced alone) Sound IPA^(key): /ˀaɪ̯/ (Pinyin: ai)
3. (casual speech) Sound IPA^(key): /ae/ or IPA^(key): /æɪ/ (Pinyin: ai)
4. (casual speech when pronounced alone) Sound IPA^(key): /ˀae/ or IPA^(key): /ˀæɪ/ (Pinyin: ai)
5. (Hokkien when in a syllable that starts with a nasal consonant (ㄇ, ㄋ, ㄫ, or ㄬ)) Sound IPA^(key): /ãɪ̯̃/ (Pinyin: ai)

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

1. 35th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.

Phoneme

1. sound IPA^(key): /ai/ (Hutton): ai

References

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