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IPA symbols with HTML codes

A – Characters

A Characters
Symbol	Name	Code
æ	Ash	æ
ɐ	upside down a	ɐ ɐ
ɑ	open a	ɑ ɑ
ɒ	upsode down a (rounded a)	ɒ ɒ
α	alpha	α
ã,ă	N/A	—

B, C and D – Characters

B Characters
Symbol	Name	Code
β	Beta	β
ɓ	implosive b	ɓ ɓ

C Characters
Symbol	Name	Code
ç	c cedille	ç
č	c hachek	č č
ɕ	curled c (palatal fricative)	ɕ ɕ

D Characters
Symbol	Name	Code
ð	Eth	ð
ɖ	Retroflex d (IPA)	ɖ ɖ
ḍ	retroflex d (d dot)	ḍ ḍ
ɗ	implosive d	ɗ ɗ

E – Characters

E Characters
Symbol	Name	Code
ə	schwa	ə ə
ε	Greek epsilon	ε
ɛ	open e (IPA epsilon)	ɛ ɛ
ẹ	e dot	ẹ ẹ
ɜ	backwards epsilon	ɜ ɜ
ɚ	rhotic schwa	ɚ ɚ
ɘ	backwards e	ɘ ɘ
ẽ,ĕ	N/A	—

F-G Characters

F Characters
Symbol	Name	Code
φ	Greek phi	φ
ɸ	Unicode IPA phi	ɸ ɸ
ɟ	upside-down f (voiced palatal stop)	ɟ ɟ

G Characters
Symbol	Name	Code
γ	Greek gamma	γ
ɣ	Unicode IPA gamma	ɣ ɣ
ɠ	implosive g	ɠ ɠ

H Characters

Symbol	Name	Code
ħ	barred h	ħ ħ
ɦ	curly top h	ɦ ɦ
^h	superscript h	<sup>h</sup>
ʰ	Unicode superscript h	ʰ ʰ
ɥ	upside down h (front-round glide)	ɥ ɥ
ḥ	h-dot	ḥ ḧ
ɧ	/sh-x/	ɧ ɧ

I – Characters

I Characters
Symbol	Name	Code
ɪ	Unicode lax I	ɪ ɪ
i	i barred	<strike>i</strike>
ɨ	Unicode i barred	ɨ ɨ
ĩ,ĭ	N/A	—

J Characters

J Characters
Symbol	Name	Code
ǰ	j hacheck	ǰ ǰ
ʝ	curled j (palatal fricative)	ʝ ʝ
ʲ	Unicode superscript j	ʲ ʲ
ɟ	crossed j (palatal stop)	ɟ ɟ

L – Characters

L Characters
Symbol	Name	Code
ɫ	velarized l	ɫ ɫ
l	l strike	<strike>l</strike>
λ	Lambda	λ
ʎ	palatal l	ʎ ʎ
ɭ	IPA retroflex l	ɭ ɭ
ḷ	Retroflex l (l dot)	ḷ ḷ
ɬ	Welsh voiceless lateral fricative	ɬ ɬ
ɮ	Zulu voiced lateral fricative	ɮ ɮ

M-N – Characters

M Characters
Symbol	Name	Code
ɱ	labiodental nasal	ɱ ɱ
ɯ	upside down m (back unrounded vowel)	ɯ ɯ
ɰ	upside down m with tail (back unrounded glide)	ɰ ɰ

N Characters
Symbol	Name	Code
ñ	n-tilde	ñ
ŋ	engma	ŋ ŋ
ɲ	IPA Palatal N	ɲ ɲ
ɳ	IPA Retroflex n	ɳ ɳ
ṇ	Retroflex n (n dot)	ṇ ṇ

O – Characters

O Characters
Symbol	Name	Code
ø	e -slash (front-rounded vowel)	ø
œ	o-e ligature (entity code)	&oelig;
œ	o-e ligature (Win 1252)	****
œ	o-e ligature (Unicode)	œ œ
ö	umlaut	ö
ɔ	Open o	ɔ ɔ
ọ	O dot	ọ ọ
ɵ	rounded schwa (barred o)	ɵ ɵ
õ,ŏ	N/A	—

R – Characters

R Characters
Symbol	Name	Code
ɹ	upside down r	ɹ ɹ
ʁ	upside down capital r	ʁ ʁ
ř	r hacheck	ř ř
ɾ	r fishhook (flap)	ɾ ɾ
ɽ	IPA retroflex r trill	ɽ ɽ
ṛ	retroflex r (r dot)	ṛ ṛ
ɻ	IPA retroflex approximant (flap)	ɻ ɻ

S – Characters

S Characters
Symbol	Name	Code
š	s hachek	š š
ʃ	IPA long esh (Unicode)	ʃ ʃ
ʄ	bared esh	ʄ ʄ
ś	s with acute accent	ś ś
ṣ	Retroflex s (s-dot)	ṣ ṣ
ʂ	s cedille	ʂ ʂ

T Characters

T Characters
Symbol	Name	Code
θ	Greek theta	θ
þ	Germanic thorn	þ
ʈ	IPA Retroflex t	ʈ ʈ
ṭ	Retroflex t (t-dot)	ṭ ṭ

U – Characters

U Characters
Symbol	Name	Code
ʊ	IPA Lax u (upside down omega)	ʊ ʊ
ü	u umlaut	ü
u	u barred	<strike>u</strike>
ʉ	Unicode u barred	ʉ ʉ
ɞ	Sideways heart	ɞ ɞ
ʌ	central vowel carot	ʌ ʌ
ũ,ŭ	N/A	—

V-W Characters

V-W Characters
Symbol	Name	Code
ʋ	labial dental glide (script v)	ʋ ʋ
ʍ	upside-down w (voiceless)	ʍ ɭ
^w	superscript w	<sup>w</sup>
ʷ	Unicode superscript w	ʷ ʷ
ŵ	Welsh w circumflex	ŵ ŵ
ɯ	upside down m (back unrounded vowel)	ɯ ɯ
ɰ	upside down m with tail (back unrounded glide)	ɰ ɰ
ŵ,ẃ	N/A	—

X-Y Characters

X Characters
Symbol	Name	Code
χ	Chi (uvular fricative)	χ

Y Characters
Symbol	Name	Code
ɥ	front-round glide	ɥ ɥ
ŷ	Welsh y circumflex	ŷ ŷ
^y	superscript y	<sup>y</sup>
ɰ	upside down m with tail (back unrounded glide)	ɰ ɰ
ỹ,ȳ	N/A	—

Z – Characters

Z Characters
Symbol	Name	Code
ž	z hachek	ž ž
ʒ	IPA long ezh	ʒ ʒ
ẓ	Retroflex z (z-dot)	ẓ ẓ
ʑ	z curl (palatal fricative)	ʑ ʑ
ʐ	z cedille	ʐ ʐ

Other Symbols

Glottals and Pharyngeals
Symbol	Name	Code
ʔ	glottal stop	ʔ ʔ
ʕ	pharyngeal fricative	ʕ ʕ
ʡ	glottal bar	ʡ ʡ
ʢ	pharyngeal bar	ʢ ʢ

Clicks
Symbol	Name	Code
ʘ	bilabial click	ʘ ʘ

Vowel Length
Symbol	Name	Code
ː	IPA long vowel colon	ː ː
ˑ	IPA half long mark	ˑ ˑ

Special thanks goes to Penn State University for charting the Unicode Entity Codes for Phonetic Symbols