On Monday, March 20, Taiwan’s Chunghwa Post (Zhōnghuá Yóuzhèng / 中華郵政) issued new stamps commemorating Zhuyin Fuhao (aka bopomofo, bopo mofo, or bpmf).
This week’s release of NT$6 (about US$0.20) stamps covers the first ten letters of bopomofo: 「ㄅ、ㄆ、ㄇ、ㄈ、ㄉ、ㄊ、ㄋ、ㄌ、ㄍ、ㄎ」.
| Zhuyin Fuhao | Hanyu Pinyin |
| ㄅ | b |
| ㄆ | p |
| ㄇ | m |
| ㄈ | f |
| ㄉ | d |
| ㄊ | t |
| ㄋ | n |
| ㄌ | l |
| ㄍ | g |
| ㄎ | k |
On the stamps, each letter/symbol is paired with a place (e.g., ㄇ (M) is for 馬公 (Magong, the capital of Penghu).
I bought a nice sheet of the stamps earlier. Get ’em while they’re hot!
Sources:
- Tè 733 — zhùyīn fúhào yóupiào (dì 1 jí) (特733 注音符號郵票(第1輯)). Announcement by Chunghwa Post, March 20, 2023.
- Taiwan launches Bopomofo stamps. Taiwan News, March 22, 2023.