Origin from 1918
A phonetic alphabet, formally called Zhuyin Fuhao, officially promulgated in 1918 to notate the pronunciation of Standard Mandarin Chinese, with its symbols derived from simplified forms of older Chinese characters chosen for their sound rather than their meaning. Rather than replacing Chinese characters, Bopomofo functions alongside them, chiefly as a teaching tool for children and foreign learners and, still today, as the dominant method for typing Chinese characters on keyboards in Taiwan, where it remains in everyday use; mainland China adopted Hanyu Pinyin, a Latin-alphabet system, for the same purpose in the 1950s instead. Its symbols mark syllable-initial consonants, medial glides and syllable finals, combined with four tone marks.
Facts
Directionalitytop-to-bottom (traditional, alongside vertical Chinese text); left-to-right (modern horizontal use) 1 In Use Since (Year) Connections
Influenced
Source Wikipedia: Bopomofo
Script Of
Source Wikipedia: Bopomofo
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Bopomofo
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