ㄗ

See also: ㆡ, 卩, 𰆊, ㄗﾞ, and P

ㄗ U+3117, ㄗ BOPOMOFO LETTER Z ← ㄖ [U+3116] Bopomofo ㄘ → [U+3118]

Translingual

Stroke order

Letter

ㄗ

1. type: initial consonant
2. general transliteration: z
3. keyboard key: Y

Descendants

• ㆡ, ㄗﾞ,

Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from 𰆊(卩 (jié)), the ancient form of 節／节 (jié) (Mandarin: jié, Middle Chinese:/t͡set̚/).

Etymology

Initial consonant derived from old pronunciation of 節／节 (jié) (Mandarin: jié, Middle Chinese:/t͡set̚/) + rhyme.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zī (zi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zī
    • Zhuyin: ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zih
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ¹
    • Yale: dz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzy
    • Palladius: цзы (czy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵/

Letter

1. 19th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
2. 27th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

Phoneme

1. (when followed by a rhyme) Sound IPA^(key): /t͡s/ (Pinyin: z), which is commonly present in Chinese, apart from Cantonese and Fuzhou dialects.
2. (when standing alone) Sound IPA^(key): /t͡sz̩/ (Pinyin: zi).

   alt. forms: ㄗㄭ obsolete, analytic

3. (Amoy dialect before ㄧ) Sound IPA^(key): /t͡ɕ/ (Pinyin: z)

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. 22nd letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.

Phoneme

1. sound IPA^(key): /t͡s/ (Hutton): ts

References

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