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A turned w, for the wh sound of some English accents.
Also known as: ʍ, Turned w, Upside-down w, Voiceless w
In the International Phonetic Alphabet a turned w denotes a voiceless labial-velar fricative, the wh sound that distinguishes which from witch in Scottish and some other accents of English.
Denotes a voiceless labial-velar fricative, the voiceless counterpart of the w sound.
Contexts: Language and transcription
Distinguishes which from witch in Scottish, Irish and some American accents of English; most accents of English have merged the two.
Contexts: Language and transcription
A letter w rotated through half a turn, its four diagonal strokes forming two points opening downward.