ㄎ

See also: 丂, ㆶ, ㄅ, and ㄢ

ㄎ	U+310E, ㄎ BOPOMOFO LETTER K

← ㄍ
[U+310D]

Bopomofo

ㄏ →
[U+310F]

Translingual

Stroke order

Letter

ㄎ

type: initial consonant (velar)
general transliteration: k
keyboard key: D

Descendants

ㆶ

Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from the archaic character, now "breath" or "sigh" component 丂 (kǎo) (Mandarin: kǎo).

Etymology 1

Initial consonant derived from 丂 (kǎo) (Mandarin: kǎo) + rhyme.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kē (ke¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kē
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ke
  - Wade–Giles: kʻo¹
  - Yale: kē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ke
  - Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵/

Phoneme:

Audio (Pinyin); “k” /kʰ/:

(file)

Letter

ㄎ

10th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
13th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeia of sniggering.

Pronunciation

Definitions

(onomatopoeia) sniggering, snickering

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): /kʰ/

Letter

ㄎ (k', k) (Hutton)

11th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet

References

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