SFS/WASP Table of Phonetic Symbols with Unicode values

This table adapted from International Phonetic Alphabet .org.

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IPA symbols with Unicode decimal and hex codes

Alphabetic

Symbol Decimal Hex Description
ɑ 593 0251 open back unrounded
ɐ 592 0250 open-mid schwa
ɒ 594 0252 open back rounded
æ 230 00E6 raised open front unrounded
ɓ 595 0253 voiced bilabial implosive
ʙ 665 0299 voiced bilabial trill
β 946 03B2 voiced bilabial fricative
ɔ 596 0254 open-mid back rounded
ɕ 597 0255 voiceless alveolopalatal fricative
ç 231 00E7 voiceless palatal fricative
ɗ 599 0257 voiced alveolar implosive
ɖ 598 0256 voiced retroflex plosive
ð 240 00F0 voiced dental fricative
ʤ 676 02A4 voiced postalveolar affricate
ə 601 0259 schwa
ɘ 600 0258 close-mid schwa
ɚ 602 025A rhotacized schwa
ɛ 603 025B open-mid front unrounded
ɜ 604 025C open-mid central
ɝ 605 025D rhotacized open-mid central
ɞ 606 025E open-mid central rounded
ɟ 607 025F voiced palatal plosive
ʄ 644 0284 voiced palatal implosive
ɡ 609 0261 voiced velar plosive (but an ordinary 'g' is also acceptable)
ɠ 608 0260 voiced velar implosive
ɢ 610 0262 voiced uvular plosive
ʛ 667 029B voiced uvular implosive
ɦ 614 0266 voiced glottal fricative
ɧ 615 0267 voiceless multiple-place fricative
ħ 295 0127 voiceless pharyngeal fricative
ɥ 613 0265 labial-palatal approximant
ʜ 668 029C voiceless epiglottal fricative
ɨ 616 0268 close central unrounded
ɪ 618 026A lax close front unrounded
ʝ 669 029D voiced palatal fricative
ɭ 621 026D voiced retroflex lateral
ɬ 620 026C voiceless alveolar lateral fricative
ɫ 619 026B velarized vd alveolar lateral
ɮ 622 026E voiced alveolar lateral fricative
ʟ 671 029F voiced velar lateral
ɱ 625 0271 voiced labiodental nasal
ɯ 623 026F close back unrounded
ɰ 624 0270 velar approximant
ŋ 331 014B voiced velar nasal
ɳ 627 0273 voiced retroflex nasal
ɲ 626 0272 voiced palatal nasal
ɴ 628 0274 voiced uvular nasal
ø 248 00F8 front close-mid rounded
ɵ 629 0275 rounded schwa
ɸ 632 0278 voiceless bilabial fricative
θ 952 03B8 voiceless dental fricative
œ 339 0153 front open-mid rounded
ɶ 630 0276 front open rounded
ʘ 664 0298 bilabial click
ɹ 633 0279 voiced (post)alveolar approximant
ɺ 634 027A voiced alveolar lateral flap
ɾ 638 027E voiced alveolar tap
ɻ 635 027B voiced retroflex approximant
ʀ 640 0280 voiced uvular trill
ʁ 641 0281 voiced uvular fricative
ɽ 637 027D voiced retroflex flap
ʂ 642 0282 voiceless retroflex fricative
ʃ 643 0283 voiceless postalveolar fricative
ʈ 648 0288 voiceless retroflex plosive
ʧ 679 02A7 voiceless postalveolar affricate
ʉ 649 0289 close central rounded
ʊ 650 028A lax close back rounded
ʋ 651 028B voiced labiodental approximant
11377 2C71 voiced labiodental flap
ʌ 652 028C open-mid back unrounded
ɣ 611 0263 voiced velar fricative
ɤ 612 0264 close-mid back unrounded
ʍ 653 028D voiceless labial-velar fricative
χ 967 03C7 voiceless uvular fricative
ʎ 654 028E voiced palatal lateral
ʏ 655 028F lax close front rounded
ʑ 657 0291 voiced alveolopalatal fricative
ʐ 656 0290 voiced retroflex fricative
ʒ 658 0292 voiced postalveolar fricative
ʔ 660 0294 glottal plosive
ʡ 673 02A1 voiced epiglottal plosive
ʕ 661 0295 voiced pharyngeal fricative
ʢ 674 02A2 voiced epiglottal fricative
ǀ 448 01C0 dental click
ǁ 449 01C1 alveolar lateral click
ǂ 450 01C2 alveolar click
ǃ 451 01C3 retroflex click

Spacing diacritics and suprasegmentals

Symbol Decimal Hex Description
ˈ 712 02C8 (primary) stress mark
ˌ 716 02CC secondary stress
ː 720 02D0 length mark
ˑ 721 02D1 half-length
ʼ 700 02BC ejective
ʴ 692 02B4 rhotacized
ʰ 688 02B0 aspirated
ʱ 689 02B1 breathy-voice-aspirated
ʲ 690 02B2 palatalized
ʷ 695 02B7 labialized
ˠ 736 02E0 velarized
ˤ 740 02E4 pharyngealized

˞ 734 02DE rhotacized

Non-spacing diacritics and suprasegmentals

Symbol Decimal Hex Description
n̥ d̥ 805 0325 voiceless
ŋ̊ 778 030A voiceless (use if character has descender)
b̤ a̤ 804 0324 breathy voiced
t̪ d̪ 810 032A dental
s̬ t̬ 812 032C voiced
b̰ a̰ 816 0330 creaky voiced
t̺ d̺ 826 033A apical
t̼ d̼ 828 033C linguolabial
t̻ d̻ 827 033B laminal
794 031A not audibly released
ɔ̹ 825 0339 more rounded
771 0303 nasalized
ɔ̜ 796 031C less rounded
799 031F advanced
800 0320 retracted
776 0308 centralized
l̴ n̴ 820 0334 velarized or pharyngealized
ɫ 619 026B dark l (ready-made combination)
829 033D mid-centralized
e̝ ɹ̝ 797 031D raised
m̩ n̩ l̩ 809 0329 syllabic
e̞ β̞ 798 031E lowered
815 032F non-syllabic
792 0318 advanced tongue root
793 0319 retracted tongue root
774 0306 extra-short
779 030B extra high tone
769 0301 high tone
772 0304 mid tone
768 0300 low tone
783 030F extra low tone
x͜x 860 035C tie bar below
x͡x 865 0361 tie bar above

Arrows

Symbol Decimal Hex Description
8595 2193 downstep
8593 2191 upstep
8594 2192 (becomes, is realized as — not recognized by the IPA)
8599 2197 global rise
8600 2198 global fall


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