This function extracts phonetic (furigana) characters from the specified string.

Syntax

PHONETIC(text)

Arguments

For the argument, you can specify a string, or a cell reference that contains the furigana text.

Remarks

If a range of cells is passed to text argument, the furigana text of upper-left corner cell is returned.

Data Types

Accepts string data. Returns string data.

Examples

PHONETIC(pan) gives the result a.

Version Available

This function is available in product version 11.0 or later.