ㄪ

Letter

 * 1) type: initial
 * 2) general transliteration: v

Etymology
Derived from, a simplified form of.

Letter

 * 1)  A letter of the Zhuyin alphabet.
 * 2) 5th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

Phoneme

 * 1)  Sound  (Pinyin: v).

Usage notes

 * The letter was used to represent in the  (1913–1932). Now it is only used for dialectal pronunciations. In the old alphabet, it was the 5th letter, between  and.
 * 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard Pinyin pronunciation for each letter, using to represent, which is obsolete in standard Mandarin. This is one of the only instances of the letter  being used in standard Pinyin.

Letter

 * 1) 5th letter of the  Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.

Phoneme

 * 1) sound  (Hutton): v