{"id":8335,"date":"2023-03-22T21:24:34","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T13:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/?p=8335"},"modified":"2023-03-22T21:24:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T13:24:34","slug":"taiwan-issues-bopomofo-postage-stamps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/2023\/taiwan-issues-bopomofo-postage-stamps\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan issues bopomofo postage stamps"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday, March 20, Taiwan\u2019s Chunghwa Post (Zhōnghuá Yóuzhèng \/ 中華郵政) issued new stamps commemorating Zhuyin Fuhao<\/a> (aka bopomofo<\/em>, bopo mofo<\/em>, or bpmf<\/em>). <\/p>\n

This week\u2019s 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」.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n Zhuyin Fuhao<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n\n Hanyu Pinyin<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n ㄅ\n <\/td>\n\n b\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n ㄆ\n <\/td>\n\n p\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n ㄇ\n <\/td>\n\n m\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n ㄈ\n <\/td>\n\n f\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n ㄉ\n <\/td>\n\n d\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n ㄊ\n <\/td>\n\n t\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n ㄋ\n <\/td>\n\n n\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n ㄌ\n <\/td>\n\n l\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n ㄍ\n <\/td>\n\n g\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n ㄎ\n <\/td>\n\n k\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

On the stamps, each letter\/symbol is paired with a place (e.g., ㄇ<\/strong> (M) is for 馬公<\/strong> (Magong, the capital of Penghu<\/a>). <\/p>\n

I bought a nice sheet of the stamps earlier. Get ’em while they’re hot!<\/p>\n

\"Full<\/a><\/p>\n

\"5<\/a><\/p>\n

Sources: <\/p>\n