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latin small letter gamma

Latin Small Letter Gamma

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ɣ is the IPA sign for a voiced velar fricative: a rough consonant made near the back of the mouth with the voice on. It is also a letter in Latin-script spellings such as Dagbani and Ewe. Its tail drops below the line; ɤ is a vowel sign without that tail.

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What ɣ means

It marks a voiced fricative made near the soft palate. Keep your vocal cords vibrating while narrowing the passage at the back of your mouth; the resulting friction makes it a consonant. “Velar” means the tongue works near the soft palate.

In IPA transcription, ɣ labels the sound. In some Latin-script spellings, it is a letter instead, including in Dagbani and Ewe.

The IPA association began in 1886 to improve language teaching through phonetics. Its 1932 chart replaced an older mark for this sound with the gamma-shaped ɣ.

How do I type ɣ?

Use hexadecimal Unicode input when your keyboard lacks it. As of 2026-10-08, in GTK apps on Linux, press CtrlShiftu, release, type 263, then press Space or Enter.

As of 2026-10-08, Microsoft Word converts 0263 with AltX. On macOS, enable Unicode Hex Input, hold Option, and type 0263; a system character map is a fallback.

Technical: it signals phonetics or belongs to a language's Latin-script spelling.

The tail matters: ɣ marks a consonant; ɤ marks a vowel.

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Who writes ɣ

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What it means when someone sends it to you

2 readings

It identifies a voiced consonant sound.

Don't confuse it with

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ɤ
Latin Small Letter Rams Horn
ɣ vs ɤ: ɣ descends below the line and marks a consonant; ɤ is a vowel symbol without that tail.
γ
Greek Small Letter Gamma
Greek γ belongs to the Greek script; IPA ɣ is the Latin-shaped sign. They are separate characters.

Combination ideas

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Lowered ɣ, a smoother sound with less friction.
ɣ with extra velarization: the tongue body rises toward the soft palate.
Palatalized ɣ, with the tongue body raised toward the hard palate.

Questions people ask

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Why does ɣ show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.

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How to type or find ɣ

Also called
IPA gamma · Latin gamma · gamma
Search it as
ɣ sound · Latin gamma letter · voiced velar fricative symbol · Dagbani letter ɣ · Ewe letter ɣ · ɣ pronunciation
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 0263, then AltX to get ɣ.
Windows
⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).
macOS
⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “latin small letter gamma”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 0263, then Enter or Space.
HTML
ɣ
CSS
\0263
Linux (GTK)
As of 2026-10-08, press CtrlShiftu, release, type 263, then press Space or Enter.
Windows (Word)
As of 2026-10-08, type 0263 in Microsoft Word and press AltX.
macOS
As of 2026-10-08, enable Unicode Hex Input, hold Option, and type 0263.
Character map
As of 2026-10-08, use Windows Character Map, macOS Character Viewer, GNOME Character Map, or KCharSelect.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ɣ
HTML hex
ɣ
CSS content
content: "\0263";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%C9%A3
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On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
2
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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