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You can find the explanation in page for Pinyin on wikipedia:
Note on y and w
y and w are equivalent to the semivowel medials i, u, and ΓΌ (see below). They are spelled differently when there is no initial consonant in order to mark a new syllable: fanguan is fan-guan, while fangwan is fang-wan (and equivalent to fang-uan). With this convention, an ...
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It seems there are several different issues, so I'll address them separately:
Was Bopomofo the first system of symbols for use in Chinese phonology?
The Qieyun and Guangyun were published about a millenia before the Bopomofo system, and they are clearly analyses of Chinese phonology (although not of Mandarin, as that didn't exist yet). Rather than using ...
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