ㄍ

See also: ㄍﾞ, ≪, «, <<, ⪡, ⩽, 巜, ㆣ, and ㆻ

ㄍ U+310D, ㄍ BOPOMOFO LETTER G ← ㄌ [U+310C] Bopomofo ㄎ → [U+310E]

Translingual

Stroke order

Letter

ㄍ

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

Descendants

• ㆣ, ㄍﾞ, ㆻ

Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from the obsolete character 巜 (Mandarin: guì/kuài), "river".

Etymology

Initial consonant derived from the obsolete character 巜 (Mandarin: guì/kuài), "river" + rhyme.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gē (ge¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gē
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ge
    • Wade–Giles: ko¹
    • Yale: gē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ge
    • Palladius: гэ (gɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵⁵/

Phoneme:

Audio (Pinyin); “g” /k/:

(file)

Letter

ㄍ

1. 9th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
2. 11th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

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

Pronunciation

• Phoneme: IPA^(key): /k/

Letter

ㄍ (k, g) (Hutton)

1. 10th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet

References

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