IPA Transcription of "hand" in American English

The American English IPA transcription of “hand” is /ˈhænd/.

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handˈhænd

Dialect Variants

DialectIPAPOS
English (Australia)/hænd/
English (United Kingdom)/ˈhænd/

Derivations

Items

  • handset of cards in poker
  • handextremity at the end of an arm or forelimb
  • handunit of length
  • HandSculpture by Botero
  • HandWikimedia disambiguation page
  • handterm in heraldry
  • Handdwelling in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  • handcombination of playing cards held by a player
  • Handhuman settlement in Horry County, South Carolina, United States of America

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