U+AB33 "ꬳ" Latin Small Letter Barred E Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꬳ
U+AB33 "ꬳ" Latin Small Letter Barred E is a specialized phonetic symbol used primarily in certain linguistic transcription systems, particularly for representing a mid central vowel sound that is often articulated with the tongue positioned in the middle of the mouth, similar to the schwa but with a distinct barred appearance. This character belongs to the Latin Extended-E block and is part of the Teuthonista phonetic transcription system, which is employed for documenting German dialects and other European languages. Its design features a standard lowercase "e" with a horizontal bar through the middle, visually distinguishing it from the regular letter E and signaling its specific phonetic value.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AB33 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Latin Small Letter Barred E |
| Block | Latin Extended-E |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꬳ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꬳ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xAC 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAB33 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AB33 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uab33 |