U+1031 "ေ" Myanmar Vowel Sign E Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ေ
U+1031 "ေ" Myanmar Vowel Sign E is a combining diacritical mark used in the Myanmar script to denote the vowel sound /e/, typically appearing to the left of the consonant it modifies rather than the right, creating a visually distinctive left-placed vowel sign. It is an integral component of the Myanmar writing system used for languages like Burmese, Mon, and Shan, and its proper rendering requires careful font and text layout support due to its unconventional positioning. This character encodes a specific grammatical and phonetic element that is essential for correctly spelling words such as "အေ" (meaning "grandfather") or "ကြေ" (meaning "to be broken").
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1031 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Myanmar Vowel Sign E |
| Block | Myanmar |
| General Category | Spacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ေ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ေ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x80 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1031 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001031 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1031 |