U+1E1D "ḝ" Latin Small Letter E with Cedilla and Breve Unicode Character
U+1E1D "ḝ" Latin Small Letter E with Cedilla and Breve is a composite grapheme used in certain Latin-based orthographies, typically representing a distinct vowel sound that combines a base letter E with a cedilla diacritic underneath and a breve diacritic above. This character is part of the Latin Extended Additional block and is primarily utilized for the transliteration or transcription of specific languages and phonetic systems, such as in African languages or scholarly romanization, where the cedilla indicates a modification of the vowel's quality, often a palatal or fricative nuance, and the breve signals a short vowel length. It appears rarely in standard writing, but its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation for linguistic documentation and specialized text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E1D |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Latin Small Letter E with Cedilla and Breve |
| Block | Latin Extended Additional |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ȩ" U+0229 Latin Small Letter E with Cedilla "̆" U+0306 Combining Breve |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ḝ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ḝ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xB8 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1E1D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001E1D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1e1d |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Lowercase | Yes |
| Simple Uppercase Code Point | "Ḝ" U+1E1C Latin Capital Letter E with Cedilla and Breve |
| Simple Titlecase Code Point | "Ḝ" U+1E1C Latin Capital Letter E with Cedilla and Breve |
| Uppercase Code Point | "Ḝ" U+1E1C Latin Capital Letter E with Cedilla and Breve |
| Titlecase Code Point | "Ḝ" U+1E1C Latin Capital Letter E with Cedilla and Breve |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Titlecased | Yes |
| Changes When Uppercased | Yes |
| Script | Latin |
| Script Extensions | Latin |
| 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 |