ㄞ

See also: 𠀅 and ㆮ

ㄞ U+311E, ㄞ
BOPOMOFO LETTER AI
← ㄝ
[U+311D]
Bopomofo ㄟ →
[U+311F]

Translingual

Stroke order
3 strokes

Letter

ㄞ

  1. type: diphthong rhyme
  2. general transliteration: ai
  3. keyboard key: 9

Descendants

Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from 𠀅 (hài), a historic form of 亥 (hài) (Mandarin: hài) "12th earthly branch".

Etymology

Derived from 亥 (hài) (Mandarin: hài) "12th earthly branch".

Pronunciation


Letter

  1. 26th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
  2. 40th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

Phoneme

  1. (general) Sound IPA(key): /aɪ̯/
    (Pinyin: ai), which is present in Chinese apart from Wu dialects.
  2. (when pronounced alone) Sound IPA(key): /ˀaɪ̯/
    (Pinyin: ai)
  3. (casual speech) Sound IPA(key): /ae/ or IPA(key): /æɪ/ (Pinyin: ai)
  4. (casual speech when pronounced alone) Sound IPA(key): /ˀae/ or IPA(key): /ˀæɪ/ (Pinyin: ai)
  5. (Hokkien when in a syllable that starts with a nasal consonant (ㄇ, ㄋ, ㄫ, or ㄬ)) Sound IPA(key): /ãɪ̯̃/ (Pinyin: ai)

References

Northern Qiandong Miao

Letter

  1. 35th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.

Phoneme

  1. sound IPA(key): /ai/ (Hutton): ai

References

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