U+3122 "ㄢ" Bopomofo Letter An Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ㄢ
U+3122 "ㄢ" Bopomofo Letter An is a phonetic symbol used in the Bopomofo (Zhuyin Fuhao) system, which is employed in Taiwan to annotate the pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese characters. It represents the initial sound "an," specifically the combination of the vowel "a" followed by the final consonant "n," and it appears in educational materials, dictionaries, and input methods to aid learners in reading and typing Chinese. As a standard character in the Unicode Standard, it ensures consistent digital representation across platforms for this essential component of Mandarin phonetics.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+3122 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Bopomofo Letter An |
| Block | Bopomofo |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㄢ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㄢ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x84 0xA2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x3122 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00003122 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u3122 |