ㄊ

See also: 𠫓, ム, ㄙ, and ㆵ

ㄊ U+310A, ㄊ BOPOMOFO LETTER T ← ㄉ [U+3109] Bopomofo ㄋ → [U+310B]

Translingual

Stroke order

Letter

ㄊ

1. type: initial consonant
2. general transliteration: t
3. keyboard key: W

Descendants

• ㄊ,

Chinese

Glyph origin

From 𠫓 (Mandarin: tū), an upside-down form of 子 (Mandarin: zǐ) and an ancient form of 突 (Mandarin: tū) ( and in seal script).

Etymology

Initial consonant derived from 突 (Mandarin: tū) + rhyme.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tē (te¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄜ

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tē
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: te
    • Wade–Giles: tʻê¹
    • Yale: tē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: te
    • Palladius: тэ (tɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɤ⁵⁵/

Letter

1. 6th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
2. 8th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

Phoneme

1. (general) Sound IPA^(key): /tʰ/ (Hanyu Pinyin: t, Wade-Giles: tʻ), which is commonly present in Chinese.

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

1. 7th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.

Phoneme

1. sound IPA^(key): /tʰ/ (Hutton): t'

References

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