ㄡ

See also: ヌ, ﾇ, ㄆ, and 又

ㄡ U+3121, ㄡ BOPOMOFO LETTER OU ← ㄠ [U+3120] Bopomofo ㄢ → [U+3122]

Translingual

Stroke order

Letter

ㄡ

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

Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from 又 (yòu) (Mandarin: yòu).

Etymology

Derived from 又 (yòu) (Mandarin: yòu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ōu (ou¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄡ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ou
    • Wade–Giles: ou¹
    • Yale: ōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ou
    • Palladius: оу (ou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵/

Letter

1. 29th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
2. 45th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

Phoneme

1. (general) Sound IPA^(key): /oʊ̯/ (Pinyin: ou), which is in dialects usually present as IPA^(key): /əo/, IPA^(key): /eʊ/, or IPA^(key): /əʊ/.
2. (when pronounced alone) Sound IPA^(key): /ˀoʊ̯/ (Pinyin: ou)

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. 38th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.

Phoneme

1. sound IPA^(key): /əu/ (Hutton): eo

References

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