U+3117 "ㄗ" Bopomofo Letter Z Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ㄗ
U+3117 "ㄗ" Bopomofo Letter Z is a phonetic symbol used primarily in the Zhuyin fuhao system, also known as Bopomofo, which is employed in Taiwan to annotate the pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese characters and for input methods. This character specifically represents the unaspirated alveolar affricate sound [ts], similar to the "ds" in the English word "adze" when pronounced in a clipped manner. It functions as one of the initial consonants in Mandarin syllables and is a fundamental component of the Bopomofo chart, which includes 37 letters and five tone marks for teaching and transcribing Chinese phonetics.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+3117 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Bopomofo Letter Z |
| Block | Bopomofo |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㄗ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㄗ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x84 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x3117 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00003117 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u3117 |