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IPA Chart Quick Reference & Symbol Notation

Technical breakdown of primary stress markers, vowel duration, and suprasegmentals.

CategoryCore SymbolsPhonetic Meaning
Primary Stressˈ (U+02C8)Placed directly before the primary accented syllable (e.g., /əˈbaʊt/)
Secondary Stressˌ (U+02CC)Indicates secondary acoustic prominence in polysyllabic words (e.g., /ˌpɜːsənˈæləti/)
Vowel Lengthː (U+02D0)Marks sustained duration or tense vowel quantity (e.g., /iː/, /uː/)
Syllable Break. (Period)Explicit phonological boundary separating two syllables (e.g., /plæ.nɪt/)