U+0267 "ɧ" Latin Small Letter Heng with Hook Unicode Character

U+0267 "ɧ" Latin Small Letter Heng with Hook is a phonetic symbol used in the International Phonetic Alphabet to represent a voiceless palatal-velar fricative, a sound that combines elements of both a palatal and a velar fricative, though its exact articulation is debated and varies by language. It is most famously associated with the Swedish "sje" sound, as heard in words like "sju" (seven), where it functions as a distinct phoneme. The letter is visually derived from the Latin letter "h" with a hook on its ascender, distinguishing it from similar characters like the regular "ɦ" (with a hook on the top). Despite its specialized use, the glyph appears in some orthographies and linguistic transcriptions, making it a niche but crucial symbol for accurately representing certain speech sounds in languages like Swedish and some dialects of German.