ㄙ

See also: 厶, ム, and ㄙﾞ

ㄙ U+3119, ㄙ
BOPOMOFO LETTER S
← ㄘ
[U+3118] 		Bopomofo ㄚ →
[U+311A]

Translingual

Stroke order

Letter

ㄙ

  1. type: initial consonant (alveolar)
  2. general transliteration: s
  3. keyboard key: N

Descendants

  • ㄙﾞ, ,

Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from 厶, ancient form of 私 (sī) (Mandarin: sī).

Etymology

Initial consonant derived from 厶, ancient form of 私 (sī) (Mandarin: sī) + rhyme.

Pronunciation

  • (when followed by a rhyme) Phoneme:
    Audio (Pinyin); “s” /s/:(file)
  • (when standing alone) Phoneme:
    Audio (Pinyin); “si” /sz̩/:(file)
    alt. forms: ㄙㄭ obsolete, analytic

    • Letter

    ㄙ

    1. 21st letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
    2. 30th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

    References

    Northern Qiandong Miao

    Pronunciation

    • Phoneme: IPA(key): /s/

    Letter

    ㄙ (s) (Hutton)

    1. 24th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet

    References

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