ㄒ

See also: 丅, 下, T, and ㆺ

ㄒ U+3112, ㄒ BOPOMOFO LETTER X ← ㄑ [U+3111] Bopomofo ㄓ → [U+3113]

Translingual

Stroke order

Letter

ㄒ

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

Descendants

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from 丅 (xià), ancient form of 下 (xià) (Mandarin: xià).

Etymology

Initial consonant derived from 下 (xià) (Mandarin: xià) + rhyme.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: si
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹
    • Yale: syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/

(general) Phoneme:

Audio (Pinyin); “x” /ɕ/:

(file)

(Cantonese, Hakka) Phoneme: IPA^(key): /s/ (Jyutping: s)

(Amoy, obsolete) Phoneme: IPA^(key): /h/ (Pinyin: h, when it is followed by ㄧ (Pinyin: i))

Letter

ㄒ

1. 14th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
2. 20th 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): /ɕ/

Letter

ㄒ (sh) (Hutton)

1. 17th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet

References

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