The International
Phonetic Alphabet in Unicode
Unicode decimal and hex numbers for IPA symbols
The Unicode manual lists code numbers only in hexadecimal. Here they are listed with their decimal numbers as well.
Alphabetic | Spacing diacritics | Non-spacing diacritics | Arrows
Alphabetic
(excluding the standard characters a-z)
| Symbol |
decimal |
hex |
value
|
| 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 |
vd bilabial implosive
|
| ʙ |
665 |
0299 |
vd bilabial trill
|
| β |
946 |
03B2 |
vd bilabial fricative
|
| ɔ |
596 |
0254 |
open-mid back rounded
|
| ɕ |
597 |
0255 |
vl alveolopalatal fricative
|
| ç |
231 |
00E7 |
vl palatal fricative
|
| ɗ |
599 |
0257 |
vd alveolar implosive
|
| ɖ |
598 |
0256 |
vd retroflex plosive
|
| ð |
240 |
00F0 |
vd dental fricative
|
| ʤ |
676 |
02A4 |
vd 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 |
vd palatal plosive
|
| ʄ |
644 |
0284 |
vd palatal implosive
|
| ɡ |
609 |
0261 |
vd velar plosive (but the IPA has ruled that an ordinary g is also acceptable)
|
| ɠ |
608 |
0260 |
vd velar implosive
|
| ɢ |
610 |
0262 |
vd uvular plosive
|
| ʛ |
667 |
029B |
vd uvular implosive
|
| ɦ |
614 |
0266 |
vd glottal fricative
|
| ɧ |
615 |
0267 |
vl multiple-place fricative
|
| ħ |
295 |
0127 |
vl pharyngeal fricative
|
| ɥ |
613 |
0265 |
labial-palatal approximant
|
| ʜ |
668 |
029C |
vl epiglottal fricative
|
| ɨ |
616 |
0268 |
close central unrounded
|
| ɪ |
618 |
026A |
lax close front unrounded
|
| ʝ |
669 |
029D |
vd palatal fricative
|
| ɭ |
621 |
026D |
vd retroflex lateral
|
| ɬ |
620 |
026C |
vl alveolar lateral fricative
|
| ɫ |
619 |
026B |
velarized vd alveolar lateral
|
| ɮ |
622 |
026E |
vd alveolar lateral fricative
|
| ʟ |
671 |
029F |
vd velar lateral
|
| ɱ |
625 |
0271 |
vd labiodental nasal
|
| ɯ |
623 |
026F |
close back unrounded
|
| ɰ |
624 |
0270 |
velar approximant
|
| ŋ |
331 |
014B |
vd velar nasal
|
| ɳ |
627 |
0273 |
vd retroflex nasal
|
| ɲ |
626 |
0272 |
vd palatal nasal
|
| ɴ |
628 |
0274 |
vd uvular nasal
|
| ø |
248 |
00F8 |
front close-mid rounded
|
| ɵ |
629 |
0275 |
rounded schwa
|
| ɸ |
632 |
0278 |
vl bilabial fricative
|
| θ |
952 |
03B8 |
vl dental fricative
|
| œ |
339 |
0153 |
front open-mid rounded
|
| ɶ |
630 |
0276 |
front open rounded
|
| ʘ |
664 |
0298 |
bilabial click
|
| ɹ |
633 |
0279 |
vd (post)alveolar approximant
|
| ɺ |
634 |
027A |
vd alveolar lateral flap
|
| ɾ |
638 |
027E |
vd alveolar tap
|
| ɻ |
635 |
027B |
vd retroflex approximant
|
| ʀ |
640 |
0280 |
vd uvular trill
|
| ʁ |
641 |
0281 |
vd uvular fricative
|
| ɽ |
637 |
027D |
vd retroflex flap
|
| ʂ |
642 |
0282 |
vl retroflex fricative
|
| ʃ |
643 |
0283 |
vl postalveolar fricative
|
| ʈ |
648 |
0288 |
vl retroflex plosive
|
| ʧ |
679 |
02A7 |
vl postalveolar affricate
|
| ʉ |
649 |
0289 |
close central rounded
|
| ʊ |
650 |
028A |
lax close back rounded
|
| ʋ |
651 |
028B |
vd labiodental approximant
|
| ⱱ |
11377 |
2C71 |
voiced labiodental flap
|
| ʌ |
652 |
028C |
open-mid back unrounded
|
| ɣ |
611 |
0263 |
vd velar fricative
|
| ɤ |
612 |
0264 |
close-mid back unrounded
|
| ʍ |
653 |
028D |
vl labial-velar fricative
|
| χ |
967 |
03C7 |
vl uvular fricative
|
| ʎ |
654 |
028E |
vd palatal lateral
|
| ʏ |
655 |
028F |
lax close front rounded
|
| ʑ |
657 |
0291 |
vd alveolopalatal fricative
|
| ʐ |
656 |
0290 |
vd retroflex fricative
|
| ʒ |
658 |
0292 |
vd postalveolar fricative
|
| ʔ |
660 |
0294 |
glottal plosive
|
| ʡ |
673 |
02A1 |
vd epiglottal plosive
|
| ʕ |
661 |
0295 |
vd pharyngeal fricative
|
| ʢ |
674 |
02A2 |
vd epiglottal fricative
|
| ǀ |
448 |
01C0 |
dental click
|
| ǁ |
449 |
01C1 |
alveolar lateral click
|
| ǂ |
450 |
01C2 |
alveolar click
|
| ǃ |
451 |
01C3 |
retroflex click |
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Spacing diacritics and suprasegmentals
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| Symbol |
decimal |
hex |
value
|
| ˈ |
712 |
02C8 |
(primary) stress mark
|
| ˌ |
716 |
02CC |
secondary stress
|
| ː |
720 |
02D0 |
length mark NB: there is a bug in
some versions of MS IExplorer that causes this character not to display.
It is probably best to use a simple colon instead.
|
| 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
|
Note the ready-made characters ɚ 602 025A (combining ə 601 0259 and ˞
734 02DE) and ɝ 605 025D (combining ɜ 604 025C and ˞ 734 02DE).
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Non-spacing diacritics and suprasegmentals
As you can see, several of these are unsatisfactory, particularly in
smaller sizes. They are shown here with an appropriate supporting base
character. When composing a text in HTML, enter the diacritic after the base character, thus (voiceless n, n̥) n̥.
The browser automatically backspaces the diacritic, but by a constant
amount, which may or may not produce a satisfactory result.
| Symbol |
decimal |
hex |
value
|
| 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
|
| t̚ |
794 |
031A |
not audibly released
|
| ɔ̹ |
825 |
0339 |
more rounded
|
| ẽ |
771 |
0303 |
nasalized
|
| ɔ̜ |
796 |
031C |
less rounded
|
| u̟ |
799 |
031F |
advanced
|
| e̠ |
800 |
0320 |
retracted
|
| ë |
776 |
0308 |
centralized
|
| l̴ n̴ |
820 |
0334 |
velarized or pharyngealized
|
| ɫ |
619 |
026B |
(ready-made combination, dark l)
|
| e̽ |
829 |
033D |
mid-centralized
|
| e̝ ɹ̝ |
797 |
031D |
raised
|
| m̩ n̩ l̩ |
809 |
0329 |
syllabic
|
| e̞ β̞ |
798 |
031E |
lowered
|
| e̯ |
815 |
032F |
non-syllabic
|
| e̘ |
792 |
0318 |
advanced tongue root
|
| e̙ |
793 |
0319 |
retracted tongue root
|
| ĕ |
774 |
0306 |
extra-short
|
| e̋ |
779 |
030B |
extra high tone
|
| é |
769 |
0301 |
high tone
|
| ē |
772 |
0304 |
mid tone
|
| è |
768 |
0300 |
low tone
|
| ȅ |
783 |
030F |
extra low tone
|
| x͜x |
860 |
035C |
tie bar below
|
| x͡x |
865 |
0361 |
tie bar above
|
Arrows
| Symbol |
decimal |
hex |
value
|
| ↓ |
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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Page authored by John Wells,
Last revised 2012 06 04