U+0119 "ę" Latin Small Letter E with Ogonek Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0119 "ę" Latin Small Letter E with Ogonek is a modified version of the letter 'e' distinguished by a small hook, or "ogonek," attached to its bottom right. This character is primarily used in the Polish alphabet, where it represents a nasalized 'e' sound, and it appears in other languages such as Lithuanian and Navajo for distinct phonetic purposes. In Polish orthography, it is the eighth letter and holds significant roles in grammar, including marking certain case endings and conjugations, making it essential for correct written communication in those languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0119 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Latin Small Letter E with Ogonek |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Latin Small Letter E Ogonek |
| Block | Latin Extended-A |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "e" U+0065 Latin Small Letter E "̨" U+0328 Combining Ogonek |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ę |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ę |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xC4 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0119 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000119 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0119 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Lowercase | Yes |
| Simple Uppercase Code Point | "Ę" U+0118 Latin Capital Letter E with Ogonek |
| Simple Titlecase Code Point | "Ę" U+0118 Latin Capital Letter E with Ogonek |
| Uppercase Code Point | "Ę" U+0118 Latin Capital Letter E with Ogonek |
| Titlecase Code Point | "Ę" U+0118 Latin Capital Letter E with Ogonek |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Titlecased | Yes |
| Changes When Uppercased | Yes |
| Script | Latin |
| Script Extensions | Latin |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| ID Start | Yes |
| XID Start | Yes |
| ID Continue | Yes |
| XID Continue | Yes |
| Alphabetic | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Alphabetic letter |
| Sentence Break | Lower |