U+AB33 "ꬳ" Latin Small Letter Barred E Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

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