U+1EC3 "ể" Latin Small Letter E with Circumflex and Hook Above Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1EC3 "ể" Latin Small Letter E with Circumflex and Hook Above is a precomposed character used primarily in the Vietnamese language to represent a specific vowel sound. It combines a base Latin letter 'e' with a circumflex accent, which indicates a higher or tighter vowel quality, and a hook above, which marks one of the Vietnamese tone contours, specifically the hỏi tone. This character is part of the Latin Extended Additional block and is essential for accurately writing and displaying Vietnamese text, ensuring correct pronunciation and meaning in written communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1EC3 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Latin Small Letter E with Circumflex and Hook Above |
| Block | Latin Extended Additional |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ê" U+00EA Latin Small Letter E with Circumflex "̉" U+0309 Combining Hook Above |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ể |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ể |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xBB 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1EC3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001EC3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1ec3 |
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 | "Ể" U+1EC2 Latin Capital Letter E with Circumflex and Hook Above |
| Simple Titlecase Code Point | "Ể" U+1EC2 Latin Capital Letter E with Circumflex and Hook Above |
| Uppercase Code Point | "Ể" U+1EC2 Latin Capital Letter E with Circumflex and Hook Above |
| Titlecase Code Point | "Ể" U+1EC2 Latin Capital Letter E with Circumflex and Hook Above |
| 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 |