diff --git a/phsource/ph_french b/phsource/ph_french
index 56ff1e6a..7c58d412 100644
--- a/phsource/ph_french
+++ b/phsource/ph_french
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ phoneme r/   // variant of [r] when not preceding a vowel
   rhotic
   starttype #r  endtype #r
   lengthmod 7
-  ipa U+0281
+  ipa ʁ
 
   IF prevPhW(t) OR prevPhW(p) OR prevPhW(k) THEN
     FMT(vwl_fr/trr) addWav(r3/rx, 15)