U+31AA "ㆪ" Bopomofo Letter Inn Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ㆪ
U+31AA "ㆪ" Bopomofo Letter Inn is a phonetic symbol used in the Bopomofo (also known as Zhuyin Fuhao) writing system, which is employed primarily in Taiwan to annotate the pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese characters and dialectal sounds. This specific letter represents the sound "inn," corresponding to a final with a nasal ending, and is part of an extended set of Bopomofo characters that were added to the Unicode Standard to support the complete phonetic inventory of Mandarin and other Chinese languages. Its inclusion allows for precise phonetic transcription in digital text, ensuring that linguistic and educational materials can accurately represent this specific pronunciation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+31AA |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Bopomofo Letter Inn |
| Block | Bopomofo Extended |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㆪ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㆪ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x86 0xAA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x31AA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000031AA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u31aa |