ㄡ

See also: ヌ, ﾇ, ㄆ, and 又

ㄡ	U+3121, ㄡ BOPOMOFO LETTER OU

← ㄠ
[U+3120]

Bopomofo

ㄢ →
[U+3122]

Translingual

Stroke order

Letter

ㄡ

type: diphthong rhyme
general transliteration: ou
keyboard key: .

Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from 又 (yòu) (Mandarin: yòu).

Etymology

Derived from 又 (yòu) (Mandarin: yòu).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ōu (ou¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄡ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ou
  - Wade–Giles: ou¹
  - Yale: ōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ou
  - Palladius: оу (ou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵/

Letter

29th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
45th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

Phoneme

(general) Sound IPA^(key): /oʊ̯/ (Pinyin: ou), which is in dialects usually present as IPA^(key): /əo/, IPA^(key): /eʊ/, or IPA^(key): /əʊ/.
(when pronounced alone) Sound IPA^(key): /ˀoʊ̯/ (Pinyin: ou)

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

Letter

38th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.

Phoneme

sound IPA^(key): /əu/ (Hutton): eo

References

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