ɥ

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ɥ U+0265, ɥ
LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED H
ɤ
IPA Extensions ɦ
U+1DA3, ᶣ
MODIFIER LETTER SMALL TURNED H

Phonetic Extensions Supplement

Translingual

Etymology

  • The Karlgren letter script y with a straight descender.

Pronunciation

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Symbol

ɥ

  1. (IPA) a labial-palatal approximant.
  2. (superscript ⟨ᶣ⟩, IPA) labio-palatalization (-coloring, that is, simultaneous labialization and palatalization) of a consonant; or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic .

See also

  • With Sinological terminal: ʮ
  • With retroflex and Sinological terminals: ʯ

Dan

Pronounced

Letter

ɥ (upper case )

  1. (Liberia) A letter of the Dan alphabet.

Mandarin

Letter

ɥ (upper case )

  1. (obsolete) A letter of the draft Pinyin alphabet of the 1950s; corresponds to modern ⟨j⟩.