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phonetic symbol - a written character used in phonetic transcription of represent a particular speech sound

phonetic transcription - a transcription intended to represent each distinct speech sound with a separate symbol

phonetic alphabet, sound alphabet - an alphabet of characters intended to represent specific sounds of speech

grapheme, graphic symbol, character - a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"

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