U+1078F "𐞏" Modifier Letter Small Closed Reversed Open E Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐞏

U+1078F "𐞏" Modifier Letter Small Closed Reversed Open E is a specialized diacritical mark used primarily in phonetic transcription, particularly within the context of the International Phonetic Alphabet extension for certain African languages. Encoded as part of the Latin Extended-G block, this modifier letter represents a small, closed, and reversed variant of an open e sound, indicating a specific vowel quality or articulation that is distinct from standard open e. Its use allows linguists and language documenters to precisely capture subtle phonetic distinctions that occur in languages such as those in the Mande or Niger-Congo families, contributing to more accurate orthographies and linguistic analysis. This character is typically applied as a superscript to modify the phonetic value of a preceding or following base letter.

General Properties

Code Point U+1078F
Version Added 14.0
Name Modifier Letter Small Closed Reversed Open E
Block Latin Extended-F
General Category Modifier Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Super
Decomposition Mapping "ɞ" U+025E Latin Small Letter Closed Reversed Open E

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐞏
HTML Hex Encoding 𐞏
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x9E 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD801 0xDF8F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001078F
C/C++/Java Escape \ud801\udf8f

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Lowercase Yes
Other Lowercase Yes
Case Ignorable Yes
Cased Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded Yes
NFKC Casefold "ɞ" U+025E Latin Small Letter Closed Reversed Open E
NFKC Simple Casefold "ɞ" U+025E Latin Small Letter Closed Reversed Open E
Script Latin
Script Extensions Latin
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Diacritic Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break Lower