U+312A "ㄪ" Bopomofo Letter V Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ㄪ
U+312A "ㄪ" Bopomofo Letter V is a rarely used phonetic symbol in the Bopomofo system, also known as Zhuyin Fuhao, which is utilized to transcribe the sounds of Mandarin Chinese and other Chinese languages. This specific character represents the initial consonant sound /v/, a voiced labiodental fricative not native to standard Mandarin phonology, but it is employed in the transcription of certain dialects and minority languages, such as Taiwanese Hokkien or other regional varieties, where the /v/ sound occurs. As part of the Unicode standard, it ensures the accurate digital representation of these linguistic nuances for scholarly, educational, and historical purposes.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+312A |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Bopomofo Letter V |
| Block | Bopomofo |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㄪ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㄪ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x84 0xAA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x312A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000312A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u312a |