ㄋ

See also: 𠄎, 乃, and ㄯ

ㄋ U+310B, ㄋ
BOPOMOFO LETTER N
← ㄊ
[U+310A]
Bopomofo ㄌ →
[U+310C]

Translingual

Stroke order
1 stroke

Letter

ㄋ

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

Descendants

Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from /𠄎 (nǎi), ancient form of 乃 (nǎi) (Mandarin: nǎi), "be".

Etymology 1

Initial consonant derived from 乃 (nǎi) (Mandarin: nǎi), "be" + rhyme.

Pronunciation


Letter

  1. 7th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
  2. 9th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

Phoneme

  1. (general) Sound IPA(key): /n/
    (Pinyin: n), which is commonly present in Chinese.
  2. (when used in a syllable without a rhyme) used as a modern alternative to (simplification of) ㄯ, representing the sound /n̩/, transliterating characters such as 咹, 哽, 唔, 嗯, 哏, and 唵.
    alt. forms: ㄯ

Etymology 2

Simplified from 你 (nǐ), typing only ㄋ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboards.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of ㄋ – see 你 (“you; your”).
(This character is an Internet slang variant form of 你).
For pronunciation and definitions of ㄋ – see 妳 (“you”).
(This character is an Internet slang variant form of 妳).

Etymology 3

Simplified from 呢, typing only ㄋ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboards.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of ㄋ – see 呢 (“What about ...?; And ...?; etc.”).
(This character is an Internet slang variant form of 呢).

References

Northern Qiandong Miao

Letter

  1. 8th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.

Phoneme

  1. sound /n/ (Hutton): n

References

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