U+3106 "ㄆ" Bopomofo Letter P Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ㄆ
U+3106 "ㄆ" Bopomofo Letter P is a phonetic symbol used in the Bopomofo (Zhuyin Fuhao) system, which serves as a phonetic notation for Mandarin Chinese, particularly in Taiwan. This specific character represents the sound of the unaspirated bilabial stop "p," as in the English word "spy," and is distinct from its aspirated counterpart "ㄆ" which actually represents the aspirated "pʰ" sound like in "pie." It is commonly employed in educational materials for teaching pronunciation and in input methods for Chinese typing, playing a crucial role in literacy and language learning for Chinese speakers.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+3106 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Bopomofo Letter P |
| Block | Bopomofo |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㄆ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㄆ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x84 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x3106 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00003106 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u3106 |