Voiced palatal approximant

IPA mark	j
IPA number	153
IPA character description	Latin minuscule j
Unicode	U + 006A (j)
HTML (dec.)	& # 106;
X-SAMPA	j
Kirshenbaum	j
Audio sample ? / i [ yes ʔaja ]

Phonetic and orthographic realization of the voiced palatal approximant in different languages:

• German [⁠ j ⁠] : J, j, i used konsonantisch
  • Examples: J äger / jɛːgɐ / Bo j e / boːjə /
• English [⁠ j ⁠] : konsonantisch used y
  • Example: y awn [ jɔːn ]
• French [⁠ j ⁠] : ll by i mostly i and y before vowels
  • Examples: batai ll e [ bataj ], bi ll et [ bijɛ ] b i en [ bjɛ̃ ], pa y er [ peje ]

See also

• consonant
• Approximant
• Palatal
• Voicing

Pulmonary consonants according to IPA (2005)	bilabial		labio- dental		dental		alveolar		post- alveolar		retroflex		palatal		velar		uvular		phase- ryngal		glottal
	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.
Plosives	​p​	​b​					​t​	​d​			​ʈ​	​ɖ​	​c​	​ɟ​	​k​	​ɡ​	​q​	​ɢ​			​ʔ​
Nasals		​m​		​ɱ​				​n​				​ɳ​		​ɲ​		​ŋ​		​ɴ​
Vibrants		​ʙ​						​r​										​ʀ​
Taps / flaps				​ⱱ​				​ɾ​				​ɽ​
Fricatives	​ɸ​	​β​	​f​	​v​	​θ​	​ð​	​s​	​z​	​ʃ​	​ʒ​	​ʂ​	​ʐ​	​ç​	​ʝ​	​x​	​ɣ​	​χ​	​ʁ​	​H​	​ʕ​	​H​	​ɦ​
lateral fricatives							​ɬ​	​ɮ​
Approximants				​ʋ​				​ɹ​				​ɻ​		​j​		​w​ ¹
lateral approximants								​l​				​ɭ​		​ʎ​		​ʟ​
¹ The labialised variant [ w ] was inserted here as a voiced velar approximant ( half vowel ) instead of the non-labialised variant [ ɰ ].