Voiced bilabial implosive

Voiced bilabial implosive
ɓ
IPA Number160
Audio sample
Encoding
Entity (decimal)ɓ
Unicode (hex)U+0253
X-SAMPAb_<
Braille⠦ (braille pattern dots-236)⠃ (braille pattern dots-12)

The voiced bilabial implosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ɓ⟩, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is b_<.