ㄜ

ㄜ

• type: monophthong rhyme
• general transliteration: e
• keyboard key: K

• ㄛ, ㄮ, ㆦ, ㆧ, ㆱ,

Old variant of ㄜ (around 1932)

Old variant of ㄜ (around 1949)

In the late twenties or early thirties of the 20th century, it appeared as a simplification of ㄮ, writing the dot and the second stoke of the bottom part ㄛ with one stroke. ㄮ was itself derived from ㄛ in 1920, when a new allophone appeared, writing a dot to differentiate between them. The letter ㄛ is itself derived from 𠀀, inhalation, the reverse of 丂 (kǎo) and an ancient form of 呵 (Mandarin: hē).

Derived from ㄛ(Mandarin: ō), which was derived from 𠀀, inhalation, the reverse of 丂 (kǎo) and an ancient form of 呵 (Mandarin: hē), because Mandarin: ē is its allophone in Standard Chinese.

1. 24th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
2. 36th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

1. (general) Sound IPA^(key): /ɤ/ (Pinyin: e), which is present only in Standard Chinese.

   alt. forms: ㄮ, ㄛ obsolete

2. (Standard Chinese when pronounced with the neutral tone) IPA^(key): /ə/ (Pinyin: e)
3. (when pronounced alone) Sound IPA^(key): /ˀɤ/ (Pinyin: e)
4. (some dialects, notably Hakka and Wenzhounese) Sound IPA^(key): /ə/ (Pinyin: e).

• 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

1. 33rd letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.

1. sound IPA^(key): /ə/ (Hutton): eh

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