ㄣ

See also: Ϟ, ϟ, and ᛋ

ㄣ U+3123, ㄣ BOPOMOFO LETTER EN ← ㄢ [U+3122] Bopomofo ㄤ → [U+3124]

Translingual

Stroke order

Letter

ㄣ

1. type: nasal rhyme
2. general transliteration: en
3. keyboard key: P

Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from 𠃊, an ancient form of 隱／隐 (Mandarin: yǐn).

Etymology

Derived from 𠃊, an ancient form of 隱／隐 (Mandarin: yǐn).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ēn (en¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: en
    • Wade–Giles: ên¹
    • Yale: ēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: en
    • Palladius: энь (enʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀən⁵⁵/

Letter

1. 31st letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
2. 51st letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

Phoneme

1. (general) Sound IPA^(key): /ən/ (Pinyin: en), which is commonly present in Chinese.
2. (when pronounced alone) Sound IPA^(key): /ˀən/ (Pinyin: en)

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. 40th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.

Phoneme

1. sound IPA^(key): /ən/ (Hutton): en

References

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