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If you want to use any special phonetic characters, you can copy and paste them from this page. Note, the examples below will vary from accent to accent. For a complete list of phonetic symbols for RP English, see: https://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/phoneticsymbolsforenglish.htm.
Consonants
Symbol | Example |
tʃ | church, catch, nature |
dʒ | judge, age, soldier |
θ | thing, author, path |
ð | the, other, smooth |
ʃ | ship, sure, national |
ʒ | pleasure, vision |
ŋ | ring, anger |
ʔ | (glottal stop), e.g. water pronounced wa'er in some accents |
Vowels
ɪ | pin, kit |
æ | cat, hat |
ɒ | cot, hot |
ʌ | love |
ʊ | foot |
ɔ | court, bought |
ɜ | nurse, hurt |
ə | the, about |
Syllabic
n̩ | sudden |
l̩ | middle |
Stress
ˈ | (stress mark) |