Palatal fricative
A palatal fricative is a type of fricative consonant that is also a palatal consonant. The two main types of palatal fricatives are:
They are produced with the friction of the dorsum of the tongue against the hard palate. In some dialects of English, acts as an allophone for /hj/, and some loanwords may start with.
Phonemic palatal fricatives are decently rare, especially the voiced palatal fricative. They occur more often as allophones, or as alternative realizations of the voiced palatal approximant.