U+31BE "ㆾ" Bopomofo Letter Oe Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ㆾ
U+31BE "ㆾ" Bopomofo Letter Oe is a phonetic symbol used in the Bopomofo (Zhuyin Fuhao) system, which is a method of transcribing the sounds of Mandarin Chinese, particularly in Taiwan. This specific character represents the vowel sound "oe", which is similar to the "eu" in the French word "fleur" or the "ö" in German, and it is primarily used to denote the pronunciation of certain dialectal or variant syllables not covered by standard Bopomofo characters. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that this specialized phonetic notation can be accurately rendered and exchanged across digital platforms and text systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+31BE |
| Version Added | 13.0 |
| Name | Bopomofo Letter Oe |
| Block | Bopomofo Extended |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㆾ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㆾ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x86 0xBE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x31BE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000031BE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u31be |