粵切字改革方案 · 聲母與韻母

粵切字嘅運作方式係將每個粵語音節拆成「聲母」同「韻母」，再用兩個對應部件砌成一個方塊字。聲母會決定個字嘅結構（例如左右、上下），韻母就放入指定位置，最後可以喺右上角加符號標聲調。例如「香港」嘅「香」（hoeng1），h 聲母用「亾」，oeng 韻母用「丈」，因為 h 係左右結構，所以寫成「⿰亾丈」。複合聲母可以將幾個聲母部件疊埋，零聲母或者零韻母就加「⺍」。整套系統本質上係一種用部件拼音、再組裝成方塊字嘅書寫方法。

Jyutcitzi works by splitting each Cantonese syllable into an initial consonant and a final, then combining two corresponding components into a square-shaped character. The initial determines the overall structure of the character (such as left-right or top-bottom), while the final is placed into the designated position, and tone marks can optionally be added in the upper-right corner. For example, the syllable hoeng1 in 香港 uses the initial component 「亾」 for h and the final component 「丈」 for oeng; since h uses a left-right structure, the result is written as 「⿰亾丈」. Compound initials can stack multiple initial components together, while zero initials or finals are marked with 「⺍」. The system is fundamentally a way of phonetic assembly using components to construct square characters.