By Melody Chiu

K.K Phonetic Symbols

Places of articulation -- Vowels

Places of articulation -- Consonants

﹝e﹞Long Vowels

Mid, front, tense vowel

﹝i﹞Long Vowels

High, front, tense vowel

﹝o﹞Long Vowels

Mid, back,

tense,roundedvowel

﹝u﹞Long Vowels

High, back,

tense,rounded

vowel

﹝æ﹞Short Vowels

Low, front, lax

vowel

﹝ɛ﹞

Mid, front, lax

vowel

Short Vowels

﹝ɪ﹞

High, front, lax

vowel

Short Vowels

﹝ɔ﹞

Mid, back, lax,rounded

vowel

Short Vowels

﹝ʊ﹞

High, back, lax,rounded

vowel

Short Vowels

﹝ɑ﹞

Low, back, lax

vowel

Short Vowels

﹝ʌ﹞

Mid, central,

lax vowel

Short Vowels

﹝ə﹞

Mid, central,

lax vowel

Short Vowels

﹝ɝ﹞

Low, central, tense vowel

Retroflex Vowels

﹝ɚ﹞

High, central, tense vowel

Short VowelsRetroflex

Vowels

﹝aɪ﹞

Mid-high, front, tense vowel

Short VowelsDiphthongs

﹝aʊ﹞

Low-back toMid-high

front, rounded

vowel

Diphthongs

﹝ɔɪ﹞

Low-mid back

To mid-high front,

rounded to unrounded

Diphthongs

﹝p﹞

Bilabial, voiceless

consonant

Voiceless C.

﹝t﹞

Mid, front, tense vowel

Voiceless C.

﹝k﹞

Mid, front, tense vowel

Voiceless C.

﹝f﹞

Labiodental, voicelessconsonant

Voiceless C.

﹝s﹞

Alveolar,Voiceless

consonant

Voiceless C.

﹝θ﹞

Interdental,

voicelessconsonant

Voiceless C.

﹝ʃ﹞

Alveo-palatal,

voicelessconsonant

Voiceless C.

﹝tʃ﹞

Alveo-palatal

voiceless consonant

Voiceless C.

﹝h﹞

Glottal, voiceless consonant

Voiceless C.

﹝b﹞

Bilabial, voiced

consonant

Voiced Consonants

﹝d﹞

Alveolar, voiced

consonant

Voiced Consonants

﹝g﹞

Velar, voiced

consonant

Voiced Consonants

﹝v﹞

Labio-dental, voiced

consonant

Voiced Consonants

﹝z﹞

Alveolar, voiced

consonant

Voiced Consonants

﹝ð﹞

Inter-dental,voiced

consonant

Voiced Consonants

﹝ʒ﹞

Alveo-palatal, voiced

consonant

Voiced Consonants

﹝dʒ﹞

Alveo-palatal,voiced

consonant

Voiced Consonants

﹝m﹞

Bilabial,nasal, voiced

consonant

Nasal Consonants

﹝n﹞

Alveolar, nasal, voiced

consonant

Nasal Consonants

﹝ŋ﹞

Velar, nasal, voiced

consonant

Nasal Consonants

﹝l﹞

Alveolar, voiced

consonant

Labial Consonants

﹝r﹞

Alveolar,voiced

consonant

Labial Consonants

﹝ j﹞

Palatal, voiced

consonant

Semi-vowels

﹝w﹞

Bilabial, voiced

consonant

Semi-vowels