Letters
Following are the initials of the 'Phags-pa script as presented in the Menggu Ziyun. They are ordered according to the Chinese philological tradition of the 36 initials.
No. | Name | Phonetic value |
'Phags-pa letter |
'Phags-pa Initial |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 見 jiàn | * | ꡂ | g- | |
2 | 溪 qī | * | ꡁ | kh- | |
3 | 群 qún | * | ꡀ | k- | |
4 | 疑 yí | * | ꡃ | ng- | |
5 | 端 duān | * | ꡊ | d- | |
6 | 透 tòu | * | ꡉ | th- | |
7 | 定 dìng | * | ꡈ | t- | |
8 | 泥 ní | * | ꡋ | n- | |
9 | 知 zhī | * | ꡆ | j- | |
10 | 徹 chè | * | ꡅ | ch- | |
11 | 澄 chéng | * | ꡄ | c- | |
12 | 娘 niáng | * | ꡇ | ny- | |
13 | 幫 bāng | * | ꡎ | b- | |
14 | 滂 pāng | * | ꡍ | ph- | |
15 | 並 bìng | * | ꡌ | p- | |
16 | 明 míng | * | ꡏ | m- | |
17 | 非 fēi | * | ꡤ | f- | Normal form of the letter fa |
18 | 敷 fū | * | ꡰ | f¹- | Variant form of the letter fa |
19 | 奉 fèng | * | ꡤ | f- | Normal form of the letter fa |
20 | 微 wēi | * | ꡓ | w- | Letter wa represents |
21 | 精 jīng | * | ꡒ | dz- | |
22 | 清 qīng | * | ꡑ | tsh- | |
23 | 從 cóng | * | ꡐ | ts- | |
24 | 心 xīn | * | ꡛ | s- | |
25 | 邪 xié | * | ꡕ | z- | |
26 | 照 zhào | * | ꡆ | j- | |
27 | 穿 chuān | * | ꡅ | ch- | |
28 | 床 chuáng | * | ꡄ | c- | |
29 | 審 shěn | * | ꡮ | sh¹- | Variant form of the letter sha |
30 | 禪 chán | * | ꡚ | sh- | Normal form of the letter sha |
31 | 曉 xiǎo | * | ꡜ | h- | Normal form of the letter ha |
32 | 匣 xiá | * | ꡣ | x- | |
ꡯ | h¹- | Variant form of the letter ha | |||
33 | 影 yǐng | * | ꡖ | ·- | glottal stop |
ꡗ | y- | Normal form of the letter ya | |||
34 | 喻 yù | * | ꡝ | ʼ- | null initial |
ꡭ | y¹- | Variant form of the letter ya | |||
35 | 來 lái | * | ꡙ | l- | |
36 | 日 rì | * | ꡔ | zh- |
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