Japanese Phonemes

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Japanese Phonemes

SAPI Supported Japanese Phonemes (Katakana)

Symbol Phonetic Unicode Value  Remarks
' 0027 Accent position
+ 002B Accent boundary
| 007C Phrase boundary
. 002E Sentence end (standard)
? 003F Sentence end (interrogative)
! 0021 Sentence end (exclamation)
_ 005F One mora pause
309C Semi-voiced sound
a 30A1 Modifier
a 30A2
i 30A3 Modifier
i 30A4
u 30A5
u 30A6
e 30A7 Modifier
e 30A8
o 30A9 Modifier
o 30AA
ka 30AB
ga 30AC
ki 30AD
gi 30AE
ku 30AF
gu 30B0
ke 30B1
ge 30B2
ko 30B3
go 30B4
sa 30B5
za 30B6
shi 30B7
ji 30B8
su 30B9
zu 30BA
se 30BB
ze 30BC
so 30BD
zo 30BE
ta 30BF
da 30C0
chi 30C1
di 30C2 Deprecated - use 30B8
q 30C3
tsu 30C4
du 30C5 Deprecated - use 30BA
te 30C6
de 30C7
to 30C8
do 30C9
na 30CA
ni 30CB
nu 30CC
ne 30CD
no 30CE
ha 30CF
ba 30D0
pa 30D1
hi 30D2
bi 30D3
pi 30D4
hu 30D5
bu 30D6
pu 30D7
he 30D8
be 30D9
pe 30DA
ho 30DB
bo 30DC
po 30DD
ma 30DE
mi 30DF
mu 30E0
me 30E1
mo 30E2
ya 30E3 Modifier
ya 30E4
yu 30E5 Modifier
yu 30E6
yo 30E7 Modifier
yo 30E8
ra 30E9
ri 30EA
ru 30EB
re 30EC
ro 30ED
wa 30EE Modifier
wa 30EF
wi 30F0 Deprecated - use 30A4
we 30F1 Deprecated - use 30A8
wo 30F2
nn 30F3
vu 30F4
ka 30F5
ke 30F6
va 30F7
vi 30F8
ve 30F9
vo 30FA
30FB Middle dot
30FC Prolonged sound
30FD Iteration
30FE Voiced iteration