U+31AE "ㆮ" Bopomofo Letter Ainn Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ㆮ
U+31AE "ㆮ" Bopomofo Letter Ainn is a phonetic symbol used in the Bopomofo (Zhuyin Fuhao) writing system, which is employed primarily to transcribe Mandarin Chinese and other Chinese dialects. This specific letter represents a vowel sound, specifically the close front rounded vowel, similar to the "ü" in Pinyin, and is often used to indicate a tone or nuanced pronunciation in linguistic transcriptions. It belongs to the Bopomofo Extended block within the Unicode standard, serving as a specialized tool for language learning and phonetic notation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+31AE |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Bopomofo Letter Ainn |
| Block | Bopomofo Extended |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㆮ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㆮ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x86 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x31AE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000031AE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u31ae |