ʂʰ is the IPA symbol for the Voiceless Retroflex Sibilant Fricative, a voiceless retroflex sibilant fricative consonant.
ʂʰ
Voiceless Retroflex Sibilant Fricative
Consonant · voiceless
No audio available for this symbol
Languages using this sound
0 / 500
Cross-linguistic frequency
0%
One of the rarer sounds in human language.
Type
consonant
Articulation
Every speech sound is defined by three properties: its class (consonant, vowel, or tone), its place of articulation (where in the vocal tract it is formed — lips, teeth, palate, etc.), its manner (how airflow is controlled — stopped, funneled into a fricative, channeled through the nose), and its voicing (whether the vocal cords vibrate during production).
- Class
- Consonant
- Voicing
- Voiceless
- Place
- Retroflex
- Manner
- Sibilant fricative
Related sounds
s
Voiceless Alveolar Sibilant Fricative
sˀ
Voiceless Alveolar Sibilant Fricative
sʲ
Voiceless Alveolar Sibilant Fricative
s͈
Voiceless Alveolar Sibilant Fricative
z
Voiced Alveolar Sibilant Fricative
ʃ
Voiceless Palato-Alveolar Sibilant Fricative
ʃʷ
Voiceless Palato-Alveolar Sibilant Fricative
ʃ͈
Voiceless Palato-Alveolar Sibilant Fricative