ㄎ

See also: 丂, ㆶ, ㄅ, and ㄢ

ㄎ U+310E, ㄎ BOPOMOFO LETTER K ← ㄍ [U+310D] Bopomofo ㄏ → [U+310F]

Translingual

Stroke order

Letter

ㄎ

1. type: initial consonant
2. general transliteration: k
3. keyboard key: D

Descendants

• ㆶ

Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from the archaic character, now "breath" or "sigh" component 丂 (kǎo) (Mandarin: kǎo).

Etymology 1

Initial consonant derived from 丂 (kǎo) (Mandarin: kǎo) + rhyme.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kē (ke¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kē
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ke
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo¹
    • Yale: kē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ke
    • Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵/

Phoneme:

Audio (Pinyin); “k” /kʰ/:

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Letter

ㄎ

1. 10th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
2. 13th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeia of sniggering.

Definitions

1. (onomatopoeia) sniggering, snickering

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): /kʰ/

Letter

ㄎ (k', k) (Hutton)

1. 11th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet

References

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