U+1D49 "ᵉ" Modifier Letter Small E Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᵉ
U+1D49 "ᵉ" Modifier Letter Small E is a superscript form of the lowercase letter e, classified as a modifier letter used primarily in phonetic transcription. It represents a reduced, shortened, or secondary articulation of the vowel sound [e] in linguistic contexts such as the International Phonetic Alphabet, where it often indicates a schwa-like or unstressed e sound or marks the release of a preceding consonant. This character is distinct from the regular lowercase e and is employed in specialized notation, including certain orthographies and academic works, to denote subtle variations in pronunciation without altering the base letter's core identity.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D49 |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Modifier Letter Small E |
| Block | Phonetic Extensions |
| General Category | Modifier Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Super |
| Decomposition Mapping | "e" U+0065 Latin Small Letter E |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᵉ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᵉ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xB5 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1D49 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001D49 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1d49 |
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 | "e" U+0065 Latin Small Letter E |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "e" U+0065 Latin Small Letter 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 |