U+3121 "ㄡ" Bopomofo Letter Ou Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+3121 "ㄡ" Bopomofo Letter Ou is a phonetic symbol used in the Bopomofo (Zhuyin Fuhao) system, which is primarily employed in Taiwan to annotate the pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese characters. This particular letter represents the diphthong "ou" as in the English word "low" but without the final consonant sound, and it is a crucial component for teaching and learning the standard Mandarin pronunciation. In the Unicode standard, it is categorized under the Bopomofo block, where it serves as a standalone character for digital text encoding and display, ensuring consistent representation across different platforms and applications.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+3121 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Bopomofo Letter Ou |
| Block | Bopomofo |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㄡ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㄡ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x84 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x3121 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00003121 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u3121 |