The voiced labiodental approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages.

It is something between an English /w/ and /v/, pronounced with the teeth and lips held in the position used to articulate the letter V. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ʋ⟩, a letter v with a leftward hook protruding from the upper right of the letter, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is P or v\.

[1][2][failed verification] The labiodental approximant is the typical realization of /v/ in the Indian South African variety of English.

[3] Features of the voiced labiodental approximant: 为 / wèi [ʋêi] Symbols to the right in a cell are voiced, to the left are voiceless.

Shaded areas denote articulations judged impossible.