The word "hanke" is atypical in English and may appear to be spelled incorrectly. However, it is a valid Finnish word meaning "towards the direction of." In IPA phonetics, "hanke" would be transcribed as /ˈhɑŋke/. The letters "h," "a," "n," and "k" all have their expected sounds in English, but the final letter "e" is not pronounced. Instead, it indicates a long vowel sound on the preceding "a," which is pronounced like the "a" in "father."