What ʌ means
It marks the English STRUT vowel in many transcriptions.
STRUT is the English vowel set heard in “sun,” “enough,” and “wonder.” The IPA describes ʌ as an open-mid back unrounded vowel: the jaw is partly open, the tongue is toward the back, and the lips are not rounded.
The first IPA chart appeared in 1888 to help language teachers record pronunciation; ʌ joined it in 1899 as an open-mid vowel symbol.
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Who writes ʌ
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How to type or find ʌ
- Search it as
- IPA vowel · STRUT vowel · wedge symbol · type ʌ
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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Windows
HTML
ʌCSS
\028COnline keyboard
Select ʌ on an online IPA keyboard.
Font
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Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ʌ
HTML hex
ʌ
CSS content
content: "\028C";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%CA%8C
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.