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Practice Exercise
Try reading these simple combinations aloud, focusing entirely on the distinction between aspirated (strong puff of air) and unaspirated (no air) sounds: ㄅㄚ (ba) vs. ㄆㄚ (pa).ㄉㄚ (da) vs. ㄊㄚ (ta) .ㄍㄚ (ga) vs. ㄎㄚ (ka).
In Bopomofo, we usually add ㄛ(o) or ㄜ(e) when we only read the initial itself.
For ㄐ,ㄑ and ㄒ, we add a ㄧ (i) when we only read the initial itself.
For ㄓ,ㄔ,ㄕ,ㄖ,ㄗ,ㄘ andㄙ, we add "ur" sound ("-i" in Pinyin) when we only read the initial itself.
Stroke order
ㄅ
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ㄆ
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ㄇ
200px
ㄈ
200px
ㄉ
200px
ㄊ
200px
ㄋ
200px
ㄌ
200px
ㄍ
200px
ㄎ
200px
ㄏ
200px
ㄐ
200px
ㄑ
200px
ㄒ
200px
ㄓ
200px
ㄔ
200px
ㄕ
200px
ㄖ
200px
ㄗ
200px
ㄘ
200px
ㄙ
200px