ɥ

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

Translingual

Etymology

  • The Karlgren letter script y with a straight descender.

Pronunciation

  • IPA:(file)

Symbol

ɥ

  1. (IPA) a labial-palatal approximant.
  2. (superscript ⟨ᶣ⟩, IPA) labio-palatalization of a consonant (-coloring, that is, simultaneous labialization and palatalization); or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic .
  3. (Dania, Swedish dialect alphabet) a vowel, IPA(key): .
  4. (phonetics) Karlgren's form of the Sinological letter ʮ.

See also

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

Dan

Pronunciation

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⟩.