ɹ


ɹ U+0279, ɹ
LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED R
← ɸ
[U+0278] 		IPA Extensions ɺ →
[U+027A]
Character variations

ʴ U+02B4, ʴ
MODIFIER LETTER SMALL TURNED R
← ʳ
[U+02B3] 		Spacing Modifier Letters ʵ →
[U+02B5]

Translingual

Pronunciation

  • IPA:(file)

Symbol

ɹ

  1. (IPA, UPA) an alveolar approximant.
    (IPA, superscript ⟨ʴ⟩) [ɹ]-coloring of a vowel, or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [ɹ].
    (dated) specifically, once commonly used to represent rhotic vowels.
  2. (Romic) a voiced pharyngeal fricative (IPA: ʕ).

Usage notes

⟨V˞⟩ (vowel with hook diacritic) is now standard IPA for a generic rhotic vowel. ⟨Vʴ⟩ remains in use in English dialectology to indicate specific rhotic coloring in close transcription, e.g. alveolar [Vʴ] as opposed to post-alveolar [Vʵ], labiodental [Vᶹ] or uvular [Vʶ]. The obsolete IPA variant ⟨Vʳ⟩ is not used in such situations (at least for English) because it would indicate that the vowel was trilled.

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