U+0454 "є" Cyrillic Small Letter Ukrainian Ie Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0454 "є" Cyrillic Small Letter Ukrainian Ie is a distinct letter used in the modern Ukrainian alphabet, where it represents the sound /je/ as in the English word "yes." Visually, it resembles a reversed or mirrored form of the Latin letter "e," differentiating it from the similar-looking Cyrillic letter "е" (U+0435), which represents a different vowel sound. This character is essential for correct Ukrainian orthography and appears in common words such as "європейський" (European) and "єднати" (to unite). Its uppercase counterpart is U+0404 "Є," and it is encoded in the Cyrillic block of the Unicode standard, supporting digital text representation for Ukrainian and other languages that use this specific grapheme.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0454 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Cyrillic Small Letter Ukrainian Ie |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Cyrillic Small Letter E |
| Block | Cyrillic |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | є |
| HTML Hex Encoding | є |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD1 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0454 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000454 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0454 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Lowercase | Yes |
| Simple Uppercase Code Point | "Є" U+0404 Cyrillic Capital Letter Ukrainian Ie |
| Simple Titlecase Code Point | "Є" U+0404 Cyrillic Capital Letter Ukrainian Ie |
| Uppercase Code Point | "Є" U+0404 Cyrillic Capital Letter Ukrainian Ie |
| Titlecase Code Point | "Є" U+0404 Cyrillic Capital Letter Ukrainian Ie |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Titlecased | Yes |
| Changes When Uppercased | Yes |
| Script | Cyrillic |
| Script Extensions | Cyrillic |
| 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 |