ㄌ

See also: 力, 𠚣, 刀, and ㄉ

ㄌ	U+310C, ㄌ BOPOMOFO LETTER L

← ㄋ
[U+310B]

Bopomofo

ㄍ →
[U+310D]

Translingual

Stroke order

Letter

ㄌ

type: initial consonant (alveolar)
general transliteration: l
keyboard key: X

Descendants

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from 𠠲 (lì), archaic form of 力 (lì) (Mandarin: lì).

Etymology

Initial consonant derived from 力 (lì) (Mandarin: lì) + rhyme.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lē (le¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄜ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lē
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: le
  - Wade–Giles: lê¹
  - Yale: lē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhe
  - Palladius: лэ (lɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤ⁵⁵/

Phoneme:

Audio (Pinyin); “l” /l/:

(file)

(Taiwanese Hokkien) Phoneme: IPA^(key): /d ~ ɾ/ (Pinyin: dd, 15 sounds: 柳)

Letter

ㄌ

8th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
10th 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): /l/

Letter

ㄌ (l) (Hutton)

9th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet

References

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