The word "PAHUAN" is spelled with five letters, each representing a specific sound. In IPA phonetic transcription, the word is written as /pəˈhwan/. The first letter "p" represents the sound of voiceless bilabial stop, followed by the letter "ə" representing the sound of schwa, a weak and unstressed vowel. Next, the letter "h" represents the sound of voiceless glottal fricative, followed by the letter "w" representing the sound of voiced labio-velar approximant. Finally, the letter "an" represents the sound of nasal vowels. Together, these sounds create the word "PAHUAN".