Editing Alphabet (section)

==== Bopomofo ====
[[Bopomofo]], also referred to as ''zhuyin'', is a [[semi-syllabary]] used primarily in [[Taiwan]] to transcribe the sounds of [[Standard Chinese]]. Following the  proclamation of the People's Republic of China in 1949 and its adoption of [[Hanyu Pinyin]] in 1956, the use of bopomofo on the mainland is limited. Bopomofo developed from a form of Chinese shorthand based on Chinese characters in the early 1900s and has elements of both an alphabet and a syllabary. Like an alphabet, the phonemes of [[syllable onset|syllable initials]] are represented by individual symbols, but like a syllabary, the phonemes of the [[syllable rime|syllable finals]] are not; each possible final (excluding the [[syllable medial|medial glide]]) has its own character, an example being ''luan'' written as ㄌㄨㄢ (''l-u-an''). The last symbol ㄢ takes place as the entire final ''-an''. While bopomofo is not a mainstream writing system, it is still often used in ways similar to a [[romanization]] system, for aiding pronunciation and as an input method for Chinese characters on computers and cellphones.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Definition of the Bopomofo Chinese Phonetic System |url=https://www.thoughtco.com/bopomofo-zhuyin-fuhao-2279518 |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=ThoughtCo}}</ref>{{bsn|date=September 2024}}