ㄉ

See also: 刀, 𠚣, ㆵ, ㄌ, and ㄉﾞ

ㄉ	U+3109, ㄉ BOPOMOFO LETTER D

← ㄈ
[U+3108]

Bopomofo

ㄊ →
[U+310A]

Translingual

Stroke order

Letter

ㄉ

type: initial consonant
general transliteration: d
keyboard key: 2

Descendants

ㄉﾞ, ㆵ, , ,

Chinese

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Glyph origin

Derived from 𠚣, archaic form of 刀 (dāo) (Mandarin: dāo). Compare the Shuowen seal .

Etymology 1

Initial consonant derived from 刀 (dāo) (Mandarin: dāo) + rhyme.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dē (de¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄜ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dē
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: de
  - Wade–Giles: tê¹
  - Yale: dē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: de
  - Palladius: дэ (dɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤ⁵⁵/

Phoneme:

Audio (Pinyin); “d” /t/:

(file)

Letter

ㄉ

5th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
7th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

Etymology 2

Simplified from 的, typing only ㄉ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboards.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of ㄉ – see 的 (“bright; clear; distinct; white; white-coloured; etc.”). (This character is an Internet slang variant form of 的).

Etymology 3

Simplified from 得, typing only ㄉ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboards.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of ㄉ – see 得 (“to get; to obtain; to gain, to acquire; to contract; to become ill with; etc.”). (This character is an Internet slang variant form of 得).

Etymology 4

Simplified from 地, typing only ㄉ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboards.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of ㄉ – see 地 (“earth; ground; floor; etc.”). (This character is an Internet slang variant form of 地).

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): /t/

Letter

ㄉ (d) (Hutton)

6th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet

References

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