U+2C7B "ⱻ" Latin Letter Small Capital Turned E Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+2C7B "ⱻ" Latin Letter Small Capital Turned E is a typographic symbol used primarily in phonetic transcription, often representing a specific vowel sound in the Uralic Phonetic Alphabet, where it denotes a reduced or centralized mid vowel. It is designed as a small capital, rotated version of the letter E, giving it a distinct appearance that visually echoes its phonetic value. This character falls within the Latin Extended-C block of Unicode, ensuring its support for specialized linguistic notation. Its usage is largely confined to scholarly works on Uralic languages, such as Finnish, Estonian, and Sami, where precise phonetic representation is required.

General Properties

Code Point U+2C7B
Version Added 5.1
Name Latin Letter Small Capital Turned E
Block Latin Extended-C
General Category Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ⱻ
HTML Hex Encoding ⱻ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0xB1 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2C7B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002C7B
C/C++/Java Escape \u2c7b

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Lowercase Yes
Cased 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