ㄋ

See also: 𠄎, 乃, and ㄯ

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

Translingual

Stroke order

Letter

ㄋ

  1. type: initial consonant (alveolar)
  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

  • Phoneme:
    Audio (Pinyin); “n” /n/:(file)
  • (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

    • Letter

    ㄋ

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

    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

    Pronunciation

    • Phoneme: IPA(key): /n/

    Letter

    ㄋ (n) (Hutton)

    1. 8th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet

    References

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