Bopomofo SKOS Vocabulary - 37 Zhuyin Symbols as Linked Open Data

Graph model

The concept scheme has three top concepts: initials, medials and finals. Each symbol is a SKOS Concept with one English and one Traditional Chinese preferred label, a typed Unicode notation and exactly one broader category.

• 21 initials, 3 medials and 13 finals
• Stable hash IRIs based on Unicode code points
• Pinyin, broad IPA and example fields
• Bidirectional broader / narrower relationships
• No accounts, tracking, analytics or runtime APIs

Example SPARQL query

List every symbol with its Pinyin and broad IPA value:

PREFIX skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#>
PREFIX zhuyin: <https://alice51849.github.io/ios-app-guide/data/zhuyin-bopomofo-vocabulary.html#>

SELECT ?symbol ?pinyin ?ipa WHERE {
  ?concept a skos:Concept ;
           skos:prefLabel ?symbol ;
           zhuyin:pinyin ?pinyin ;
           zhuyin:ipa ?ipa .
  FILTER(LANG(?symbol) = "zh-Hant")
}
ORDER BY ?concept

Standards and provenance

The vocabulary is generated from the site's open 37-symbol reference. SKOS structure follows the W3C recommendation; code points follow Unicode. External sources do not endorse this independent vocabulary.

License and reuse

The original vocabulary structure and metadata are reusable under CC BY 4.0 with attribution to Lumi Apps - iOS App Guide. External standards and source materials retain their own terms.

Machine-readable without tracking

Every artifact is a static UTF-8 file. It contains no learner data, cookies, executable JavaScript, accounts or runtime network calls.