IPA phonetic symbol 〚j〛

The IPA phonetic symbol [j] represents a voiced palatal approximant, a semivowel present in most accents of English in words such as yes or cute [kjuːt] and corresponding to IPA phoneme /j/. This sound is called yod.

This sound is also present at the end of IPA phoneme /iː/, in British English as [ɪj] and in American English (particularly before a vowel) as [ij]. For example previous /ˈpriːviːəs/ pronounced as [ˈpriːvijəs].

Some accents also have IPA phoneme /eɪ/ pronounced as [ej] or [ɛj], for example player /ˈpleɪər/ as [ˈplejɚ].

IPA phoneme /aɪ/ can be pronounced [aj] or [ɑj] as in fire /ˈfaɪər/ as [ˈfajɚ].

IPA phoneme /ɔɪ/ can be pronounced [ɔj] or [oj] as in royal /ˈrɔɪəl/ as [ˈrojəl].