U+3114 "ㄔ" Bopomofo Letter Ch Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+3114 "ㄔ" Bopomofo Letter Ch is a phonetic symbol used in the Bopomofo (Zhuyin Fuhao) system, which serves as a transliteration tool for Mandarin Chinese pronunciation. It represents the retroflex affricate sound /tʂʰ/, similar to the "ch" in the English word "chin" but with the tongue curled back. This character is primarily employed in Taiwanese Mandarin education and some keyboard input methods to help learners and users accurately produce the correct phonetic sound without relying on Romanized pinyin. As part of the Unicode standard, it is encoded in the Bopomofo block and is distinct from similar-looking characters in other scripts, ensuring consistent digital representation across platforms.

General Properties

Code Point U+3114
Version Added 1.1
Name Bopomofo Letter Ch
Block Bopomofo
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ㄔ
HTML Hex Encoding ㄔ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE3 0x84 0x94
UTF-16 Encoding 0x3114
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00003114
C/C++/Java Escape \u3114

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Bopomofo
Script Extensions Bopomofo
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter