U+3112 "ㄒ" Bopomofo Letter X Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ㄒ
U+3112 "ㄒ" Bopomofo Letter X is a phonetic symbol used in the Zhuyin Fuhao system, commonly known as Bopomofo, which is employed in Taiwan to teach Mandarin Chinese pronunciation and to input Chinese characters. This particular letter represents the sound of the consonant "x," which is an unaspirated voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative, similar to the "sh" sound in English but with the tongue positioned closer to the front of the palate, as heard in the Mandarin word "xī" meaning "west." Its Unicode encoding ensures that it is standardized across digital platforms, allowing for proper display and text processing in systems that support CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) fonts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+3112 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Bopomofo Letter X |
| Block | Bopomofo |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㄒ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㄒ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x84 0x92 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x3112 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00003112 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u3112 |