IPA Symbol Equivalents

The following information refers to symbols present in Handbook of the International Phonetic Association, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999), pp. 164-184.

Unicode characters

The following table shows the Unicode characters that have equivalent IPA symbols.

IPA Number	IPA Name	USV	IPA Description	Status
101	Lower-case P	U+0070 p LATIN SMALL LETTER P	Voiceless bilabial plosive
102	Lower-case B	U+0062 b LATIN SMALL LETTER B	Voiced bilabial plosive
103	Lower-case T	U+0074 t LATIN SMALL LETTER T	Voiceless dental or alveolar plosive
104	Lower-case D	U+0064 d LATIN SMALL LETTER D	Voiced dental or alveolar plosive
105	Right-tail T	U+0288 ʈ LATIN SMALL LETTER T WITH RETROFLEX HOOK	Voiceless retroflex plosive
106	Right-tail D	U+0256 ɖ LATIN SMALL LETTER D WITH TAIL	Voiced retroflex plosive
107	Lower-case C	U+0063 c LATIN SMALL LETTER C	Voiceless palatal plosive
108	Barred dotless J	U+025F ɟ LATIN SMALL LETTER DOTLESS J WITH STROKE	Voiced palatal plosive
109	Lower-case K	U+006B k LATIN SMALL LETTER K	Voiceless velar plosive
110	Opentail G	U+0261 ɡ LATIN SMALL LETTER SCRIPT G	Voiced velar plosive	Equivalent to 210
111	Lower-case Q	U+0071 q LATIN SMALL LETTER Q	Voiceless uvular plosive
112	Small capital G	U+0262 ɢ LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL G	Voiced uvular plosive
113	Glottal stop	U+0294 ʔ LATIN LETTER GLOTTAL STOP	Glottal plosive
114	Lower-case M	U+006D m LATIN SMALL LETTER M	Voiced bilabial nasal
115	Left-tail M (at right)	U+0271 ɱ LATIN SMALL LETTER M WITH HOOK	Voiced labiodental nasal
116	Lower-case N	U+006E n LATIN SMALL LETTER N	Voiced dental or alveolar nasal
117	Right-tail N	U+0273 ɳ LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH RETROFLEX HOOK	Voiced retroflex nasal
118	Left-tail N (at left)	U+0272 ɲ LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH LEFT HOOK	Voiced palatal nasal
119	Eng	U+014B ŋ LATIN SMALL LETTER ENG	Voiced velar nasal
120	Small capital N	U+0274 ɴ LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL N	Voiced uvular nasal
122	Lower-case R	U+0072 r LATIN SMALL LETTER R	Voiced dental or alveolar trill
123	Small capital R	U+0280 ʀ LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL R	Voiced uvular trill
124	Fish-hook R	U+027E ɾ LATIN SMALL LETTER R WITH FISHHOOK	Voiced dental or alveolar tap
125	Right-tail R	U+027D ɽ LATIN SMALL LETTER R WITH TAIL	Voiced retroflex flap
126	Phi	U+0278 ɸ LATIN SMALL LETTER PHI	Voiceless bilabial fricative
127	Beta	U+03B2 β GREEK SMALL LETTER BETA	Voiced bilabial fricative
128	Lower-case F	U+0066 f LATIN SMALL LETTER F	Voiceless labiodental fricative
129	Lower-case V	U+0076 v LATIN SMALL LETTER V	Voiced labiodental fricative
130	Theta	U+03B8 θ GREEK SMALL LETTER THETA	Voiceless dental fricative
131	Eth	U+00F0 ð LATIN SMALL LETTER ETH	Voiced dental fricative
132	Lower-case S	U+0073 s LATIN SMALL LETTER S	Voiceless alveolar fricative
133	Lower-case Z	U+007A z LATIN SMALL LETTER Z	Voiced alveolar fricative
134	Esh	U+0283 ʃ LATIN SMALL LETTER ESH	Voiceless postalveolar fricative
135	Ezh; Tailed Z	U+0292 ʒ LATIN SMALL LETTER EZH	Voiced postalveolar fricative
136	Right-Tail S (at left)	U+0282 ʂ LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH HOOK	Voiceless retroflex fricative
137	Right-tail Z	U+0290 ʐ LATIN SMALL LETTER Z WITH RETROFLEX HOOK	Voiced retroflex fricative
138	C cedilla	U+00E7 ç LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA	Voiceless palatal fricative
139	Curly-tail J	U+029D ʝ LATIN SMALL LETTER J WITH CROSSED-TAIL	Voiced palatal fricative
140	Lower-case X	U+0078 x LATIN SMALL LETTER X	Voiceless velar fricative
141	Gamma	U+0263 ɣ LATIN SMALL LETTER GAMMA	Voiced velar fricative
142	Chi	U+03C7 χ GREEK SMALL LETTER CHI	Voiceless uvular fricative
143	Inverted small capital R	U+0281 ʁ LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL INVERTED R	Voiced uvular fricative
144	Barred H	U+0127 ħ LATIN SMALL LETTER H WITH STROKE	Voiceless pharyngeal fricative
145	Reversed glottal stop	U+0295 ʕ LATIN LETTER PHARYNGEAL VOICED FRICATIVE	Voiced pharyngeal fricative or approximant
146	Lower-case H	U+0068 h LATIN SMALL LETTER H	Voiceless glottal fricative
147	Hooktop H	U+0266 ɦ LATIN SMALL LETTER H WITH HOOK	Voiced glottal fricative
148	Belted L	U+026C ɬ LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH BELT	Voiceless dental or alveolar lateral fricative
149	L-Ezh ligature	U+026E ɮ LATIN SMALL LETTER LEZH	Voiced dental or alveolar lateral fricative
150	Cursive V	U+028B ʋ LATIN SMALL LETTER V WITH HOOK	Voiced labiodental approximant
151	Turned R	U+0279 ɹ LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED R	Voiced dental or alveolar approximant
152	Turned R, right Tail	U+027B ɻ LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED R WITH HOOK	Voiced retroflex approximant
153	Lower-case J	U+006A j LATIN SMALL LETTER J	Voiced palatal approximant
154	Turned M, right Leg	U+0270 ɰ LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED M WITH LONG LEG	Voiced velar approximant
155	Lower-case L	U+006C l LATIN SMALL LETTER L	Voiced dental or alveolar lateral approximant
156	Right-tail L	U+026D ɭ LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH RETROFLEX HOOK	Voiced retroflex lateral approximate
157	Turned Y	U+028E ʎ LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED Y	Voiced palatal lateral approximant
158	Small capital L	U+029F ʟ LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL L	Voiced velar lateral approximate
159	Hooktop P	U+01A5 ƥ LATIN SMALL LETTER P WITH HOOK	Voiceless bilabial implosive	Withdrawn (1993)
160	Hooktop B	U+0253 ɓ LATIN SMALL LETTER B WITH HOOK	Voiced bilabial implosive
161	Hooktop T	U+01AD ƭ LATIN SMALL LETTER T WITH HOOK	Voiceless dental or alveolar implosive	Withdrawn (1993)
162	Hooktop D	U+0257 ɗ LATIN SMALL LETTER D WITH HOOK	Voiced dental or alveolar implosive
163	Hooktop C	U+0188 ƈ LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH HOOK	Voiceless palatal implosive	Withdrawn (1993)
164	Hooktop barred dotless J	U+0284 ʄ LATIN SMALL LETTER DOTLESS J WITH STROKE AND HOOK	Voiced palatal implosive
165	Hooktop K	U+0199 ƙ LATIN SMALL LETTER K WITH HOOK	Voiceless velar implosive
166	Hooktop G	U+0260 ɠ LATIN SMALL LETTER G WITH HOOK	Voiced velar implosive
167	Hooktop Q	U+02A0 ʠ LATIN SMALL LETTER Q WITH HOOK	Voiceless uvular implosive	Withdrawn (1993)
168	Hooktop small capital G	U+029B ʛ LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL G WITH HOOK	Voiced uvular implosive
169	Turned W	U+028D ʍ LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED W	Voiceless labial-velar fricative
170	Lower-case W	U+0077 w LATIN SMALL LETTER W	Voiced labial-velar approximant
171	Turned H	U+0265 ɥ LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED H	Voiced labial-palatal approximant
172	Small capital H	U+029C ʜ LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL H	Voiceless epiglottal fricative
173	Barred glottal stop	U+02A1 ʡ LATIN LETTER GLOTTAL STOP WITH STROKE	Epiglottal plosive
174	Barred reversed glottal stop	U+02A2 ʢ LATIN LETTER REVERSED GLOTTAL STOP WITH STROKE	Voiced epiglottal fricative or approximant
175	Hooktop heng	U+0267 ɧ LATIN SMALL LETTER HENG WITH HOOK	Simultaneous voiceless postalveolar and velar fricative
176	Bull’s eye	U+0298 ʘ LATIN LETTER BILABIAL CLICK	Bilabial click
177	Pipe	U+01C0 ǀ LATIN LETTER DENTAL CLICK	Dental click
178, 679	Exclamation point, Right-sited exclamation point	U+01C3 ǃ LATIN LETTER RETROFLEX CLICK	Harsh
179	Double-barred pipe	U+01C2 ǂ LATIN LETTER ALVEOLAR CLICK	Palatoalveolar click
180	Double pipe	U+01C1 ǁ LATIN LETTER LATERAL CLICK	Alveolar lateral click
181	Turned long-leg R	U+027A ɺ LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED R WITH LONG LEG	Voiced alveolar lateral flap
182	Curly-tail C	U+0255 ɕ LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CURL	Voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative
183	Curly-tail Z	U+0291 ʑ LATIN SMALL LETTER Z WITH CURL	Voiced alveolo-palatal fricative
184	Right-hook V	U+2C71 ⱱ LATIN SMALL LETTER V WITH RIGHT HOOK	Voiced labiodental flap
201	Turned T	U+0287 ʇ LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T	Dental click	Superseded by 177 (1989)
202	Stretched C	U+0297 ʗ LATIN LETTER STRETCHED C	Postalveolar click	Superseded by 178 (1989)
203	Inverted glottal stop	U+0296 ʖ LATIN LETTER INVERTED GLOTTAL STOP	Alveolar lateral click	Superseded by 180 (1989)
204	Curly-tail esh	U+0286 ʆ LATIN SMALL LETTER ESH WITH CURL		Withdrawn (1989)
205	Curly-tail ezh	U+0293 ʓ LATIN SMALL LETTER EZH WITH CURL		Withdrawn (1989)
206	Long-leg R	U+027C ɼ LATIN SMALL LETTER R WITH LONG LEG		Withdrawn (1989)
207	Superscript S	U+02E2 ˢ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL S
208	Left-hook T	U+01AB ƫ LATIN SMALL LETTER T WITH PALATAL HOOK	Palatalized Voiceless dental or alveolar plosive	Withdrawn (1989)
209	L with tilde	U+026B ɫ LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH MIDDLE TILDE	Velarized voiced dental or alveolar lateral approximant
210	Looptail G	U+0067 g LATIN SMALL LETTER G	Voiced velar plosive	Equivalent to 110
211	T-S ligature	U+02A6 ʦ LATIN SMALL LETTER TS DIGRAPH	Voiceless dental or alveolar affricate	Superseded by 103 + 132
212	D-Z ligature	U+02A3 ʣ LATIN SMALL LETTER DZ DIGRAPH	Voiced alveolar affricate	Superseded by 104 + 133
213	T-Esh ligature	U+02A7 ʧ LATIN SMALL LETTER TESH DIGRAPH	Voiceless postalveolar affricate	Superseded by 103 + 134
214	D-Ezh ligature	U+02A4 ʤ LATIN SMALL LETTER DEZH DIGRAPH	Voiced postalveolar affricate	Superseded by 104 + 135
215	T-Curly-tail-C ligature	U+02A8 ʨ LATIN SMALL LETTER TC DIGRAPH WITH CURL	Voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate	Superseded by 103 + 182
216	D-Curly-tail-Z ligature	U+02A5 ʥ LATIN SMALL LETTER DZ DIGRAPH WITH CURL	Voiced alveolo-palatal affricate	Superseded by 104 + 183
217	Superscript theta	U+1DBF ᶿ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL THETA	Voiceless dental fricative release
218	Superscript schwa	U+1D4A ᵊ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL SCHWA	Mid central vowel release
219	Hooktop right-tail D	U+1D91 ᶑ LATIN SMALL LETTER D WITH HOOK AND TAIL	Voiced retroflex implosive	Not explicitly IPA approved
290	Barred two	U+01BB ƻ LATIN LETTER TWO WITH STROKE		Withdrawn (1976)
291	Turned K	U+029E ʞ LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K		Withdrawn (1979)
292	Superscript X	U+02E3 ˣ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL X	Voiceless velar fricative release
293	N, right leg	U+019E ƞ LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH LONG RIGHT LEG	Syllabic nasal	Withdrawn (1976)
294	Barred lambda	U+019B ƛ LATIN SMALL LETTER LAMBDA WITH STROKE	Voiceless dental or alveolar lateral affricate	Not IPA usage
295	Lambda	U+03BB λ GREEK SMALL LETTER LAMDA	Voiceless dental or alveolar lateral fricative	Not IPA usage
296	Z wedge	U+017E ž LATIN SMALL LETTER Z WITH CARON	Voiced postalveolar fricative	Not IPA usage
297	S wedge	U+0161 š LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH CARON	Voiceless postalveolar fricative	Not IPA usage
298	J wedge	U+01F0 ǰ LATIN SMALL LETTER J WITH CARON	Voiced postalveolar affricate	Not IPA usage
299	C wedge	U+010D č LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CARON	Voiceless postalveolar affricate	Not IPA usage
301	Lower-case I	U+0069 i LATIN SMALL LETTER I	Close front unrounded vowel
302	Lower-case E	U+0065 e LATIN SMALL LETTER E	Close-mid front unrounded vowel
303	Epsilon	U+025B ɛ LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN E	Open-mid front unrounded vowel
304	Lower-case A	U+0061 a LATIN SMALL LETTER A	Open front unrounded vowel
305	Script A	U+0251 ɑ LATIN SMALL LETTER ALPHA	Open back unrounded vowel
306	Open O	U+0254 ɔ LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O	Open-mid back rounded vowel
307	Lower-case O	U+006F o LATIN SMALL LETTER O	Close-mid back rounded vowel
308	Lower-case U	U+0075 u LATIN SMALL LETTER U	Close back rounded vowel
309	Lower-case Y	U+0079 y LATIN SMALL LETTER Y	Close front rounded vowel
310	Slashed O	U+00F8 ø LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH STROKE	Close-mid front rounded vowel
311	Lower-case O-E ligature	U+0153 œ LATIN SMALL LIGATURE OE	Open-mid front rounded vowel
312	Small capital O-E ligature	U+0276 ɶ LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL OE	Open front rounded vowel
313	Turned Script A	U+0252 ɒ LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED ALPHA	Open back rounded vowel
314	Turned V	U+028C ʌ LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED V	Open-mid back unrounded vowel
315	Ram’s Horns	U+0264 ɤ LATIN SMALL LETTER RAMS HORN	Close-mid back unrounded vowel
316	Turned M	U+026F ɯ LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED M	Close back unrounded vowel
317	Barred I	U+0268 ɨ LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH STROKE	Close central unrounded vowel
318	Barred U	U+0289 ʉ LATIN SMALL LETTER U BAR	Close central rounded vowel
319	Small capital I	U+026A ɪ LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL I	Near-close near-front unrounded vowel
320	Small capital Y	U+028F ʏ LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL Y	Near-close near-front rounded vowel
321	Upsilon	U+028A ʊ LATIN SMALL LETTER UPSILON	Near-close near-back rounded vowel
322	Schwa	U+0259 ə LATIN SMALL LETTER SCHWA	Mid central vowel
323	Barred O	U+0275 ɵ LATIN SMALL LETTER BARRED O	Close-mid central rounded vowel
324	Turned A	U+0250 ɐ LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED A	Near-open central vowel
325	Ash; Lower-case A-E ligature	U+00E6 æ LATIN SMALL LETTER AE	Near-open front unrounded vowel
326	Reversed epsilon	U+025C ɜ LATIN SMALL LETTER REVERSED OPEN E	Open-mid central unrounded vowel
327	Right-hook schwa	U+025A ɚ LATIN SMALL LETTER SCHWA WITH HOOK	R-coloured mid central vowel	Equivalent to 322 + 419
394	Undotted I	U+0131 ı LATIN SMALL LETTER DOTLESS I		Not IPA usage
395	Closed reversed epsilon	U+025E ɞ LATIN SMALL LETTER CLOSED REVERSED OPEN E	Open-mid central rounded vowel
396	Closed epsilon	U+029A ʚ LATIN SMALL LETTER CLOSED OPEN E	Open-mid central rounded vowel	Superseded by 395 (1996)
397	Reversed E	U+0258 ɘ LATIN SMALL LETTER REVERSED E	Close-mid central unrounded vowel
398	Closed omega	U+0277 ɷ LATIN SMALL LETTER CLOSED OMEGA	Near-close near-back rounded vowel	Superseded by 321 (1989)
399	Iota	U+0269 ɩ LATIN SMALL LETTER IOTA	Near-close near-front unrounded vowel	Superseded by 319 (1989)
401	Apostrophe	U+02BC ʼ MODIFIER LETTER APOSTROPHE	Ejective
402.1	Under-ring	U+0325 ◌̥ COMBINING RING BELOW	Voiceless
402.2	Over-ring	U+030A ◌̊ COMBINING RING ABOVE	Voiceless (use if character has descender)
403	Subscript wedge	U+032C ◌̬ COMBINING CARON BELOW	Voiced	(=663, 664)
404, 671	Superscript H, Left-sited superscript H	U+02B0 ʰ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL H	Pre-aspiration	(use 404)
405	Subscript umlaut	U+0324 ◌̤ COMBINING DIAERESIS BELOW	Breathy voiced
406	Subscript tilde	U+0330 ◌̰ COMBINING TILDE BELOW	Creaky voiced
407	Subscript seagull	U+033C ◌̼ COMBINING SEAGULL BELOW	Linguolabial
408	Subscript bridge	U+032A ◌̪ COMBINING BRIDGE BELOW	Dental
409	Inverted subscript bridge	U+033A ◌̺ COMBINING INVERTED BRIDGE BELOW	Apical
410	Subscript square	U+033B ◌̻ COMBINING SQUARE BELOW	Laminal
411	Subscript right half-ring	U+0339 ◌̹ COMBINING RIGHT HALF RING BELOW	More rounded
412	Subscript left half-ring	U+031C ◌̜ COMBINING LEFT HALF RING BELOW	Less rounded
413	Subscript plus	U+031F ◌̟ COMBINING PLUS SIGN BELOW	Advanced
414	Under-bar	U+0320 ◌̠ COMBINING MINUS SIGN BELOW	Retracted
415	Umlaut	U+0308 ◌̈ COMBINING DIAERESIS	Centralized
416	Over-cross	U+033D ◌̽ COMBINING X ABOVE	Mid-centralized
417	Advancing sign	U+0318 ◌̘ COMBINING LEFT TACK BELOW	Advanced tongue root
418	Retracting sign	U+0319 ◌̙ COMBINING RIGHT TACK BELOW	Retracted tongue root
419	Right Hook	U+02DE ˞ MODIFIER LETTER RHOTIC HOOK	Rhoticity	Unicode: use precomposed characters - see note [^1]
420	Superscript W	U+02B7 ʷ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL W	Labialized
421	Superscript J	U+02B2 ʲ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL J	Palatalized
422	Superscript gamma	U+02E0 ˠ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL GAMMA	Velarized
423	Superscript reversed glottal stop	U+02E4 ˤ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL REVERSED GLOTTAL STOP	Pharyngealized
424	Superscript tilde	U+0303 ◌̃ COMBINING TILDE	Nasalized
425	Superscript N	U+207F ⁿ SUPERSCRIPT LATIN SMALL LETTER N	Nasal release
426	Superscript L	U+02E1 ˡ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL L	Lateral release
427	Corner	U+031A ◌̚ COMBINING LEFT ANGLE ABOVE	No audible release
428	Superimposed tilde	U+0334 ◌̴ COMBINING TILDE OVERLAY	Velarized or pharyngealized	Unicode: use precomposed characters - see note [^1]
429.1	Raising sign	U+031D ◌̝ COMBINING UP TACK BELOW	Raised
429.2	Raising sign	U+02D4 ˔ MODIFIER LETTER UP TACK	Raised
430.1	Lowering sign	U+031E ◌̞ COMBINING DOWN TACK BELOW	Lowered
430.2	Lowering sign	U+02D5 ˕ MODIFIER LETTER DOWN TACK	Lowered
431	Syllabicity mark	U+0329 ◌̩ COMBINING VERTICAL LINE BELOW	Syllabic
432	Subscript arch	U+032F ◌̯ COMBINING INVERTED BREVE BELOW	Non-syllabic
433.1	Top tie bar	U+0361 ◌͡ COMBINING DOUBLE INVERTED BREVE	Affricate or double articulation
433.2	Bottom tie bar	U+035C ◌͜ COMBINING DOUBLE BREVE BELOW	Affricate or double articulation
489	Subscript right hook	U+0322 ◌̢ COMBINING RETROFLEX HOOK BELOW	Rhoticity	Superseded by 419 (1989)
490	Open corner	U+02F9 ˹ MODIFIER LETTER BEGIN HIGH TONE	Release / burst	Not IPA usage
491	Comma	U+002C , COMMA	Pause (comma)	Not IPA usage
492	Reversed apostrophe	U+02BB ʻ MODIFIER LETTER TURNED COMMA	Weak aspiration	Withdrawn (1979)
493	Over-dot	U+0307 ◌̇ COMBINING DOT ABOVE	Palatalization/centralization	Withdrawn (1979)
494	Minus sign	U+02D7 ˗ MODIFIER LETTER MINUS SIGN	Retracted variety (backed)	Use 414 or 418 (1989)
495	Plus sign	U+02D6 ˖ MODIFIER LETTER PLUS SIGN	Advanced variety (fronted)	Use 413 or 417 (1989)
496	Superscript Y	U+02B8 ʸ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL Y	High-front rounding / palatalized	Not IPA usage
497	Under-dot	U+0323 ◌̣ COMBINING DOT BELOW	Closer variety / fricative	Use 429 (1989)
498	Subscript left hook	U+0321 ◌̡ COMBINING PALATALIZED HOOK BELOW	Palatalized	Superseded by 421 (1989)
499	Subscript W	U+032B ◌̫ COMBINING INVERTED DOUBLE ARCH BELOW	Labialized	Superseded by 420 (1989)
501	Vertical stroke (Superior)	U+02C8 ˈ MODIFIER LETTER VERTICAL LINE	Primary stress
502	Vertical stroke (Inferior)	U+02CC ˌ MODIFIER LETTER LOW VERTICAL LINE	Secondary stress
503	Length mark	U+02D0 ː MODIFIER LETTER TRIANGULAR COLON	Length mark
504	Half-length mark	U+02D1 ˑ MODIFIER LETTER HALF TRIANGULAR COLON	Half-length
505	Breve	U+0306 ◌̆ COMBINING BREVE	Extra-short
506	Period	U+002E . FULL STOP	Syllable break
507	Vertical line (thick)	U+007C | VERTICAL LINE	Minor (foot) group
508	Double vertical line (thick)	U+2016 ‖ DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE	Major (intonation) group
509	Bottom tie bar	U+203F ‿ UNDERTIE	Linking (absence of a break)
510	Upward diagonal arrow	U+2197 ↗ NORTH EAST ARROW	Global rise
511	Downward diagonal arrow	U+2198 ↘ SOUTH EAST ARROW	Global fall
512	Double acute accent (over)	U+030B ◌̋ COMBINING DOUBLE ACUTE ACCENT	Extra high level
513	Acute accent (over)	U+0301 ◌́ COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT	High level
514	Macron	U+0304 ◌̄ COMBINING MACRON	Mid level
515	Grave accent (over)	U+0300 ◌̀ COMBINING GRAVE ACCENT	Low level
516	Double grave accent (over)	U+030F ◌̏ COMBINING DOUBLE GRAVE ACCENT	Extra low level
517	Down arrow	U+A71B ꜛ MODIFIER LETTER RAISED UP ARROW	Downstep
518	Up arrow	U+A71C ꜜ MODIFIER LETTER RAISED DOWN ARROW	Upstep
519	Extra-high tone letter	U+02E5 ˥ MODIFIER LETTER EXTRA-HIGH TONE BAR	Extra high level
520	High tone letter	U+02E6 ˦ MODIFIER LETTER HIGH TONE BAR	High level
521	Mid tone letter	U+02E7 ˧ MODIFIER LETTER MID TONE BAR	Mid level
522	Low tone letter	U+02E8 ˨ MODIFIER LETTER LOW TONE BAR	Low level
523	Extra-low tone letter	U+02E9 ˩ MODIFIER LETTER EXTRA-LOW TONE BAR	Extra low level
524	Wedge	U+030C ◌̌ COMBINING CARON	Rising contour
525	Circumflex	U+0302 ◌̂ COMBINING CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT	Falling contour
526	Macron plus acute accent	U+1DC4 ◌᷄ COMBINING MACRON-ACUTE	High rising contour
527	Grave accent plus macron	U+1DC5 ◌᷅ COMBINING GRAVE-MACRON	Low rising contour
528	Grave plus acute plus grave accent	U+1DC8 ◌᷈ COMBINING GRAVE-ACUTE-GRAVE	Rising-falling contour
595	Superscript arch	U+0311 ◌̑ COMBINING INVERTED BREVE	Long falling tone / advanced / palatal	Not IPA usage
596	Wedge; hacek	U+02C7 ˇ CARON	Falling-rising tone	Usage redefined (1989) See 524
597	Circumflex	U+02C6 ˆ MODIFIER LETTER CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT	Rising-falling tone	Usage redefined (1989) See 525
598.1	Subscript grave accent	U+0316 ◌̖ COMBINING GRAVE ACCENT BELOW	Low falling tone	Superseded (1989)
598.2	Subscript grave accent	U+02CE ˎ MODIFIER LETTER LOW GRAVE ACCENT	Low falling tone	Superseded (1989)
599.1	Subscript acute accent	U+0317 ◌̗ COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT BELOW	Low rising tone	Superseded (1989)
599.2	Subscript acute accent	U+02CF ˏ MODIFIER LETTER LOW ACUTE ACCENT	Low rising tone	Superseded (1989)
601	Double bridge	U+02AD ʭ LATIN LETTER BIDENTAL PERCUSSIVE	Bidental percussive
602	F-Eng ligature	U+02A9 ʩ LATIN SMALL LETTER FENG DIGRAPH	Velopharyngeal fricative
603	L-S ligature	U+02AA ʪ LATIN SMALL LETTER LS DIGRAPH	Lateralized [s]
604	L-Z ligature	U+02AB ʫ LATIN SMALL LETTER LZ DIGRAPH	Laterialized [z]
611	Balloon	U+274D ❍ SHADOWED WHITE CIRCLE	Unidentified segment(s)
612	Asterisk	U+002A * ASTERISK	Placeholder symbol
621, 722	Upper-case V	U+0056 V LATIN CAPITAL LETTER V	V (Voice)	(use 621)
622, 706	Upper-case F	U+0046 F LATIN CAPITAL LETTER F	F (Falsetto)	(use 622)
623, 723	Upper-case W	U+0057 W LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W	W (Whisper)	(use 623)
624, 703	Upper-case C	U+0043 C LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C	C (Creak)	(use 624)
625, 712	Upper-case L	U+004C L LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L	L (Larynx)	(use 625)
626, 710	Upper-case J	U+004A J LATIN CAPITAL LETTER J	J (Jaw)	(use 626)
627	Upper-case O-E ligature	U+0152 ΠLATIN CAPITAL LIGATURE OE	Oesophageal speech
628	Upper-case Greek Theta	U+0398 Θ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER THETA	Protruded-tongue voice
634	Forte	U+1D191 𝆑 MUSICAL SYMBOL FORTE	Loud speech
636	Piano	U+1D18F 𝆏 MUSICAL SYMBOL PIANO	Quiet speech
640	Numeral one	U+0031 1 DIGIT ONE	Slight degree
641	Numeral two	U+0032 2 DIGIT TWO	Moderate degree
642	Numeral three	U+0033 3 DIGIT THREE	Extreme degree
651	Superscript bridge	U+0346 ◌͆ COMBINING BRIDGE ABOVE	Dentolabial
652	Subscript double arrow	U+034D ◌͍ COMBINING LEFT RIGHT ARROW BELOW	Labial spreading
654	Superscript slashed tilde	U+034A ◌͊ COMBINING NOT TILDE ABOVE	Denasal
655	Superscript dotted tilde	U+034B ◌͋ COMBINING HOMOTHETIC ABOVE	Nasal escape
656	Superscript double tilde	U+034C ◌͌ COMBINING ALMOST EQUAL TO ABOVE	Velopharyngeal friction
657	Subscript double syllabicity mark	U+0348 ◌͈ COMBINING DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE BELOW	Stronger articulation
658	Subscript corner	U+0349 ◌͉ COMBINING LEFT ANGLE BELOW	Weaker articulation
659	Backslash	U+005C \ REVERSE SOLIDUS	Reiterated articulation
660	Subscript upward arrow-head	U+034E ◌͎ COMBINING UPWARDS ARROW BELOW	Whistled articulation
661	Down full arrow	U+2193 ↓ DOWNWARDS ARROW	Ingressive air flow
662	Up full arrow	U+2191 ↑ UPWARDS ARROW	Egressive air flow
663, 664	Left-sited subscript wedge, Right-sited subscript	U+02EC ˬ MODIFIER LETTER VOICING	Post-voicing	(=403)
673	Superscript cursive V	U+1DB9 ᶹ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL V WITH HOOK	Labiodentalized
674	Subscript right arrow	U+0362 ◌͢ COMBINING DOUBLE RIGHTWARDS ARROW BELOW	Slurred articulation
675	Subscript equals sign	U+0347 ◌͇ COMBINING EQUALS SIGN BELOW	Alveolarized
676	Superscript inverted small capital R	U+02B6 ʶ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL CAPITAL INVERTED R	Uvularized
677	Superscript double-barred H	U+A7F8 ꟸ MODIFIER LETTER CAPITAL H WITH STROKE	Faucalized
678	Superscript O-E ligature	U+A7F9 ꟹ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL LIGATURE OE	Labialized: Open-rounded
680	Superscript equals sign	U+02ED ˭ MODIFIER LETTER UNASPIRATED	Unaspirated
681	Subscript left pointer	U+02F1 ˱ MODIFIER LETTER LOW LEFT ARROWHEAD	Laterally offset to the right
682	Subscript right pointer	U+02F2 ˲ MODIFIER LETTER LOW RIGHT ARROWHEAD	Laterally offset to the left
683	Right-sited subscript tilde	U+02F7 ˷ MODIFIER LETTER LOW TILDE	Creaky	(=406)
701	Upper-case A	U+0041 A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A	A
702	Upper-case B	U+0042 B LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B	B
704	Upper-case D	U+0044 D LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D	D
705	Upper-case E	U+0045 E LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E	E
707	Upper-case G	U+0047 G LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G	G
708	Upper-case H	U+0048 H LATIN CAPITAL LETTER H	H
709	Upper-case I	U+0049 I LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I	I
711	Upper-case K	U+004B K LATIN CAPITAL LETTER K	K
713	Upper-case M	U+004D M LATIN CAPITAL LETTER M	M
714	Upper-case N	U+004E N LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N	N
715	Upper-case O	U+004F O LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O	O
716	Upper-case P	U+0050 P LATIN CAPITAL LETTER P	P
717	Upper-case Q	U+0051 Q LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Q	Q
718	Upper-case R	U+0052 R LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R	R
719	Upper-case S	U+0053 S LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S	S
720	Upper-case T	U+0054 T LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T	T
721	Upper-case U	U+0055 U LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U	U
724	Upper-case X	U+0058 X LATIN CAPITAL LETTER X	X
725	Upper-case Y	U+0059 Y LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y	Y
726	Upper-case Z	U+005A Z LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z	Z
901	Left square bracket	U+005B [ LEFT SQUARE BRACKET	Begin phonetic transcription
902	Right square bracket	U+005D ] RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET	End phonetic transcription
903	Forward slash	U+002F / SOLIDUS	Begin/end phonemic transcription
906	Left parenthesis	U+0028 ( LEFT PARENTHESIS	Silent articulation (Mouthing), Indistinguishable utterance (begin)
907	Right parenthesis	U+0029 ) RIGHT PARENTHESIS	Silent articulation (Mouthing), Indistinguishable utterance (end)
910	Left brace	U+007B { LEFT CURLY BRACKET	Begin prosodic notation
911	Right brace	U+007D } RIGHT CURLY BRACKET	End prosodic notation

Unicode character sequences

The following symbols correspond to a sequence of Unicode characters.

IPA Number	IPA Name	Graphics	USVs	IPA Description	Status
529	Rising tone letter	˩˥	U+02E9 U+02E5	Rising contour
530	Falling tone letter	˥˩	U+02E5 U+02E9	Falling contour
531	High-rising tone letter	˧˥	U+02E7 U+02E5	High rising contour
532	Low-rising tone letter	˩˧	U+02E9 U+02E7	Low rising contour
533	Rising-falling tone letter	˨˥˨	U+02E8 U+02E5 U+02E8	Rising-falling contour
631	Bracketed single period	(.)	U+0028 U+002E U+0029	Short pause	(use 506)
632	Bracketed double period	(..)	U+0028 U+002E U+002E U+0029	Medium-length pause	(use 506)
633	Bracketed triple period	(...)	U+0028 U+002E U+002E U+002E U+0029	Long pause	(use 506)
635	Fortissimo	𝆑𝆑	U+1D191 U+1D191	Louder speech
637	Pianissimo	𝆏𝆏	U+1D18F U+1D18F	Quieter speech
653	Superscript+subscript bridge	◌̪◌͆	U+032A U+0346	Bidental articulation
665	Bracketed subscript wedge	₍ˬ ₎	U+208D U+02EC U+208E	Partial voicing
666	Left-bracketed subscript wedge	₍ˬ	U+208D U+02EC	Initial partial voicing
667	Right-bracketed subscript wedge	ˬ₎	U+02EC U+208E	Final partial voicing
668	Bracketed under-ring	₍˳₎	U+208D U+02F3 U+208E	Partial devoicing
669	Left-bracketed under-ring	₍˳	U+208D U+02F3	Initial partial devoicing
670	Right-bracketed under-ring	˳₎	U+02F3 U+208E	Final partial devoicing
672	Right-sited double exclamation point	ǃǃ	U+01C3 U+01C3	Ventricular
908	Left double parenthesis	((	U+0028 U+0028	Sound obscured (begin)
909	Right double parenthesis	))	U+0029 U+0029	Sound obscured (end)

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