U+0947 "े" Devanagari Vowel Sign E Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
े
U+0947 "े" Devanagari Vowel Sign E is a combining diacritical mark used in the Devanagari script to represent the vowel sound /eː/ as a dependent sign, meaning it modifies the inherent vowel of a consonant character to which it is attached, appearing as a short leftward hook above the consonant symbol. This character is distinct from the independent vowel letter for the same sound and is essential for accurately writing a wide range of words in languages such as Hindi, Sanskrit, Marathi, and Nepali, where it visually alters the consonant’s glyph without being a standalone letter.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0947 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Devanagari Vowel Sign E |
| Block | Devanagari |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | े |
| HTML Hex Encoding | े |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA5 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0947 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000947 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0947 |