ㄣ

See also: Ϟ, ϟ, and ᛋ

ㄣ	U+3123, ㄣ BOPOMOFO LETTER EN

← ㄢ
[U+3122]

Bopomofo

ㄤ →
[U+3124]

Translingual

Stroke order

Letter

ㄣ

type: nasal rhyme
general transliteration: en
keyboard key: P

Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from 𠃊, an ancient form of 隱 / 隐 (Mandarin: yǐn).

Etymology

Derived from 𠃊, an ancient form of 隱 / 隐 (Mandarin: yǐn).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ēn (en¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄣ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: en
  - Wade–Giles: ên¹
  - Yale: ēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: en
  - Palladius: энь (enʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀən⁵⁵/

(general) Phoneme:

Audio (Pinyin); “en” /ən/:

(file)

(when pronounced alone) Phoneme:

Audio (Pinyin); “en” /ˀən/:

(file)

Letter

ㄣ

31st letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
51st 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): /ən/

Letter

ㄣ (en) (Hutton)

40th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet

References

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