ㄌ

See also: 力, 𠚣, 刀, and ㄉ

ㄌ U+310C, ㄌ BOPOMOFO LETTER L ← ㄋ [U+310B] Bopomofo ㄍ → [U+310D]

Translingual

Stroke order

Letter

ㄌ

1. type: initial consonant
2. general transliteration: l
3. keyboard key: X

Descendants

• ,

Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from 𠠲 (lì), archaic form of 力 (lì) (Mandarin: lì).

Etymology

Initial consonant derived from 力 (lì) (Mandarin: lì) + rhyme.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lē (le¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄜ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lē
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: le
    • Wade–Giles: lê¹
    • Yale: lē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhe
    • Palladius: лэ (lɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤ⁵⁵/

Letter

1. 8th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
2. 10th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

Phoneme

1. (general) Sound IPA^(key): /l/ (Pinyin: l), which is commonly present in Chinese.
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) sound IPA^(key): /d ~ ɾ/ (Pinyin: dd, 15 sounds: 柳)

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. 9th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.

Phoneme

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

References

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