Velar approximant

The voiced velar approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is $\langle\rangle$. It is the semivocalic counterpart of the close back unrounded vowel.

The IPA symbol $\langle\rangle$, which otherwise signifies a voiced velar fricative, is more commonly used for the velar approximant than $\langle\rangle$ is, with a lowering diacritic $\langle\rangle$ when specificity is required.