'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 * 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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