Voiceless labio-velar approximant

The voiceless labiovelar (labialized velar) approximant (traditionally called a voiceless labiovelar fricative) is a type of consonantal sound, used in spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is $\langle\rangle$ (a rotated lowercase letter $\langlew\rangle$) or $\langle\rangle$.

is generally called a "fricative" for historical reasons, but in English, the language that the letter $\langle\rangle$ is primarily used for, it is a voiceless approximant, equivalent to or. On rare occasions the symbol is appropriated for a labialized voiceless velar fricative,, in other languages.