'Phags-pa Script - Letters

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.

36 initials in Menggu Ziyun
No. Name Phonetic
value
'Phags-pa
letter
'Phags-pa
Initial
Notes
1 見 jiàn * g-
2 溪 qī * kh-
3 群 qún * k-
4 疑 yí * ng-
5 端 duān * d-
6 透 tòu * th-
7 定 dìng * t-
8 泥 ní * n-
9 知 zhī * j-
10 徹 chè * ch-
11 澄 chéng * c-
12 娘 niáng * ny-
13 幫 bāng * b-
14 滂 pāng * ph-
15 並 bìng * p-
16 明 míng * m-
17 非 fēi * f- Normal form of the letter fa
18 敷 fū * f¹- Variant form of the letter fa
19 奉 fèng * f- Normal form of the letter fa
20 微 wēi * w- Letter wa represents
21 精 jīng * dz-
22 清 qīng * tsh-
23 從 cóng * ts-
24 心 xīn * s-
25 邪 xié * z-
26 照 zhào * j-
27 穿 chuān * ch-
28 床 chuáng * c-
29 審 shěn * sh¹- Variant form of the letter sha
30 禪 chán * sh- Normal form of the letter sha
31 曉 xiǎo * h- Normal form of the letter ha
32 匣 xiá * x-
h¹- Variant form of the letter ha
33 影 yǐng * ·- glottal stop
y- Normal form of the letter ya
34 喻 yù * ʼ- null initial
y¹- Variant form of the letter ya
35 來 lái * l-
36 日 rì * zh-

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