Turned h with fishhook

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Turned h with fishhook (ʮ) is a symbol used in some IPA extensions for a syllabic, tongue-tip “z” sound pronounced with rounded lips. In simple terms, it’s like the English "z" but treated as a vowel inside a syllable. Sinologists use it when transcribing words from different languages. The standard IPA notation is [z̩ʷ]. In Unicode, the character is U+02AE (LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED H WITH FISHHOOK). On phonetic charts, symbols to the right are voiced and those to the left are voiceless; shaded areas show articulations considered impossible. Legend: unrounded • rounded.