ㄏ

See also: 厂, ㆷ, and ㄏﾞ

ㄏ - Translingual

Letter

ㄏ

type: initial consonant
general transliteration: h
keyboard key: C

Descendants

ㄏﾞ, ㆷ,

ㄏ - Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from the archaic character and current radical 厂 (Mandarin: hǎn).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
- (Pinyin): hē (he¹)
- (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜ

Letter

11th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
15th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

Phoneme

(Mandarin) Sound IPA: /x/ ^help (Pinyin: h), which is present in Standard Chinese and some Mandarin dialects, including Lower Yangtze Mandarin and Sichuanese.
(Mandarin) Sound IPA: /h/ (Pinyin: h), which is only present in characters that express laughter, such as 哈 and 呵.
(non-Mandarin) Sound IPA: /h/ (Pinyin: h), which is commonly present in non-Mandarin dialects.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of ㄏ – see 呵 (“to shout; to cry out; etc.”). (This character, ㄏ, is an Internet slang variant form of 呵.)

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of ㄏ – see 哈 (“many; plenteous; opening; moving; etc.”). (This character, ㄏ, is an Internet slang variant form of 哈.)

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of ㄏ – see 廠 (“shack; shed; etc.”). (This character, ㄏ, is an Internet slang variant form of 廠.)

ㄏ - Northern Qiandong Miao

Letter

13th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet, representing a fricative.
16th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet, representing a nasal.

Phoneme

sound IPA: /χ/ (Hutton): h', h
sound IPA: /nʲ/ (Hutton): n