ㄐ

See also: ㆢ, 丩, ユ, and ㄐﾞ

ㄐ U+3110, ㄐ BOPOMOFO LETTER J ← ㄏ [U+310F] Bopomofo ㄑ → [U+3111]

Translingual

Stroke order

Letter

ㄐ

1. type: initial consonant
2. general transliteration: j
3. keyboard key: R

Descendants

• ㆢ, ㄐﾞ

Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from the archaic character 丩 (jiū), an ancient form of 糾／纠 / 纠 (Mandarin: jiū).

Etymology

Initial consonant derived from 糾／纠 / 纠 (Mandarin: jiū) + rhyme.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jī (ji¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ji
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹
    • Yale: jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/

Letter

1. 12th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
2. 16th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

Phoneme

1. (general) Sound IPA^(key): /t͡ɕ/ (Pinyin: j), which is commonly present in Chinese, with one of the exceptions being Amoy dialect.

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. 14th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.

Phoneme

1. sound IPA^(key): /t͡ɕ/ (Hutton): g, j

References

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