U+1EB8 "Ẹ" Latin Capital Letter E with Dot Below Unicode Character
U+1EB8 "Ẹ" Latin Capital Letter E with Dot Below is a modified version of the standard letter E, distinguished by a small dot placed directly underneath it, used in the orthographies of several African languages, such as Yoruba, Igbo, and Ewe, to represent a specific vowel sound that is typically more open or lower in tone than the plain E. This character is part of the Latin Extended Additional block, where it serves as a crucial diacritical mark for indicating the correct pronunciation and meaning of words in these languages, reflecting the importance of precise typographic representation for linguistic accuracy. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that digital text in these languages can be properly rendered and exchanged across different systems and platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1EB8 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Latin Capital Letter E with Dot Below |
| Block | Latin Extended Additional |
| General Category | Uppercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "E" U+0045 Latin Capital Letter E "̣" U+0323 Combining Dot Below |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Ẹ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Ẹ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xBA 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1EB8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001EB8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1eb8 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Uppercase | Yes |
| Simple Lowercase Code Point | "ẹ" U+1EB9 Latin Small Letter E with Dot Below |
| Lowercase Code Point | "ẹ" U+1EB9 Latin Small Letter E with Dot Below |
| Simple Case Folding | "ẹ" U+1EB9 Latin Small Letter E with Dot Below |
| Case Folding | "ẹ" U+1EB9 Latin Small Letter E with Dot Below |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Lowercased | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "ẹ" U+1EB9 Latin Small Letter E with Dot Below |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ẹ" U+1EB9 Latin Small Letter E with Dot Below |
| 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 | Upper |