U+1042F "𐐯" Deseret Small Letter Short E Unicode Character

U+1042F "𐐯" Deseret Small Letter Short E is a letter from the Deseret alphabet, a phonetic script created in the mid-19th century by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to simplify English spelling and literacy. This specific lowercase character represents the "short e" vowel sound, as heard in words like "set" or "bread." The Deseret alphabet was used briefly in early Utah pioneer publications and schoolbooks before falling out of general use, but it was later added to Unicode as part of the Deseret block, allowing it to be digitally preserved and studied by linguists and historians.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1042F
Version Added	3.1
Name	Deseret Small Letter Short E
Block	Deseret
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𐐯
HTML Hex Encoding	𐐯
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x90 0x90 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD801 0xDC2F
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001042F
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud801\udc2f

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	"𐐇" U+10407 Deseret Capital Letter Short E
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"𐐇" U+10407 Deseret Capital Letter Short E
Uppercase Code Point	"𐐇" U+10407 Deseret Capital Letter Short E
Titlecase Code Point	"𐐇" U+10407 Deseret Capital Letter Short E
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Titlecased	Yes
Changes When Uppercased	Yes
Script	Deseret
Script Extensions	Deseret
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