U+3120 "ㄠ" Bopomofo Letter Au Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+3120 "ㄠ" Bopomofo Letter Au is a phonetic symbol used in the Bopomofo (Zhuyin Fuhao) system, which is employed to annotate the pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese, particularly in Taiwan. This specific character represents the initial consonant sound "au" or is associated with the final syllable tone, depending on its position in phonetic transcription. It is part of a standardized set of characters that help learners and speakers accurately articulate the sounds of Mandarin, and it is rendered in the Unicode block for Bopomofo, which ensures consistent digital representation across devices and platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+3120 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Bopomofo Letter Au |
| Block | Bopomofo |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㄠ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㄠ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x84 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x3120 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00003120 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u3120 |