ㄉ

See also: 刀, 𠚣, ㆵ, ㄌ, and ㄉﾞ

ㄉ U+3109, ㄉ BOPOMOFO LETTER D ← ㄈ [U+3108] Bopomofo ㄊ → [U+310A]

Translingual

Stroke order

Letter

ㄉ

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

Descendants

• ㄉﾞ, ㆵ, , ,

Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from 𠚣, archaic form of 刀 (dāo) (Mandarin: dāo). Compare the Shuowen seal .

Etymology 1

Initial consonant derived from 刀 (dāo) (Mandarin: dāo) + rhyme.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dē (de¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄜ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dē
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: de
    • Wade–Giles: tê¹
    • Yale: dē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: de
    • Palladius: дэ (dɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤ⁵⁵/

Letter

1. 5th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
2. 7th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

Phoneme

1. (general) Sound IPA^(key): /t/ (Pinyin: d), which is commonly present in Chinese.

Etymology 2

Simplified from 的, typing only ㄉ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboards.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of ㄉ – see 的 (“bright; clear; distinct; white; white-coloured; etc.”). (This character is an Internet slang variant form of 的).

Etymology 3

Simplified from 得, typing only ㄉ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboards.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of ㄉ – see 得 (“to get; to obtain; to gain, to acquire; to contract; to become ill with; etc.”). (This character is an Internet slang variant form of 得).

Etymology 4

Simplified from 地, typing only ㄉ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboards.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of ㄉ – see 地 (“earth; ground; floor; etc.”). (This character is an Internet slang variant form of 地).

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. 6th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.

Phoneme

1. sound IPA^(key): /t/ (Hutton): d

References

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